MerTK is required for apoptotic cell-induced T cell tolerance

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 219-232

  Wallet, Mark A ^a   Sen, Pradip ^a,d   Flores, Rafael R ^a   Wang, Yaming ^a   Yi, Zuoan ^a   Huang, Yingsu ^a   Mathews, Clayton E ^c   Earp, H Shelton ^a,b   Matsushima, Glenn ^a,b   Wang, Bo ^a   Tisch, Roland ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD11 ANTIGEN; CD8ALPHA ANTIGEN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE MER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CD8 ANTIGEN; CD8ALPHAALPHA ANTIGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN P 15095; INTERLEUKIN 12; MERTK PROTEIN, MOUSE; ONCOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NONOBESE DIABETIC MOUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL SEPARATION; EXPERIMENTAL DIABETES MELLITUS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD11C; ANTIGENS, CD8; APOPTOSIS; CELL SEPARATION; DENDRITIC CELLS; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; INTERLEUKIN-12; MICE; MICE, INBRED NOD; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRANSGENES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 38749108510     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 00221007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20062293     Document Type: Article

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