Retinal pigment epithelial cells use a MerTK-dependent mechanism to limit the phagocytic particle binding activity of αvβ5 integrin

Biology of the Cell

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 326-341

  Nandrot, Emeline F ^a,c   Silva, Kathryn E ^b   Scelfo, Christina ^b   Finnemann, Silvia C ^a,b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE LA VISION   (France)

Author keywords

v 5 Integrin; Binding; Phagocytosis; Receptor activity; Retinal pigment epithelium

Indexed keywords

ALPHAVBETA5 INTEGRIN; BETA5 INTEGRIN; INTEGRIN RECEPTOR; MER TYROSINE KINASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERNALIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHOTORECEPTOR OUTER SEGMENT; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; FOCAL ADHESION PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTEGRIN BETA CHAINS; MICE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RATS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, VITRONECTIN; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RETINAL PHOTORECEPTOR CELL OUTER SEGMENT; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; SWINE;

MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 84861800409     PISSN: 02484900     EISSN: 1768322X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/boc.201100076     Document Type: Article

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