Immunosuppressive agents and prophylactic and therapeutic agents for autoimmune diseases, which contain the substances (for example, anti-galectin-9 antibody, anti-Tim-3 antibody, RNA and DNA aptamers and low molecular substances) blocking the signaling pathway (galectin-9 -Tim-3 signaling pathway) consisting of galectin-9 as a ligand and Tim-3 as a receptor, as active ingredients, and the screening methods of low molecular substances, being active ingredients of immunosuppressive agents and prophylactic and therapeutic agents for autoimmune diseases.
IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS AND PROPHYLACTIC AND THERAPEUTIC AGENTS FOR AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES