Complement component C1q regulates macrophage expression of mer tyrosine kinase to promote clearance of apoptotic cells

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 188, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 3716-3723

  Galvan, Manuel D ^a,b   Foreman, Deborah B ^b   Zeng, Erliang ^a,c   Tan, John C ^a   Bohlson, Suzanne S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1Q; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; HYBRID PROTEIN; LIGAND; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN; MER TYROSINE KINASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOTIC CELL; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL INTERACTION; CELLS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; GROWTH INHIBITION; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGE FUNCTION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT C1Q; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84860341450     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1102920     Document Type: Article

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