Phagocytosis and clearance of apoptotic cells is mediated by MER

Nature

Volumn 411, Issue 6834, 2001, Pages 207-211

  Scott, Rona S ^a,e   McMahon, Elleen J ^a   Pop, Shannon M ^b   Reap, Elizabeth A ^c   Caricchio, Roberto ^d   Cohen, Philip L ^d   Shelton Earp, H ^b   Matsushima, Glenn K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c AlphaVax Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODIES; ANTIGENS; CYTOLOGY; DISEASES; IMMUNOLOGY;

PHAGOCYTOSIS;

CELLS;

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CELL ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FC FRAGMENT; PROTEIN MER; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLEARANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; APOPTOSIS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CELL ADHESION; CELLS, CULTURED; CROSSES, GENETIC; CYTOCHALASIN B; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSPHERES; MUTATION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RADIATION CHIMERA; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, FC; THYMUS GLAND;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035837323     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35075603     Document Type: Article

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