TAM receptors and the clearance of apoptotic cells

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1209, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-29

  Lemke, Greg ^a   Burstyn Cohen, Tal ^b  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Gas6; Protein S; TAM receptors; Tyrosine kinase

Indexed keywords

AXL RECEPTOR; GROWTH ARREST SPECIFIC PROTEIN 6; INTEGRIN; LIVER X RECEPTOR; MER RECEPTOR; OPSONIN; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; PROTEIN S; SCAVENGER RECEPTOR; TYRO3 RECEPTOR; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; LIGAND; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MATURATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENITAL SYSTEM; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; LIGAND BINDING; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; MACROPHAGE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RETINA DYSTROPHY; SERTOLI CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; METABOLISM; MOUSE; RAT;

MUS; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; LIGANDS; MICE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINES; RATS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES;

EID: 78049499991     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05744.x     Document Type: Article

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