SIRPα polymorphisms, but not the prion protein, control phagocytosis of apoptotic cells

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 210, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2539-2552

  Nuvolone, Mario ^a,b   Kana, Veronika ^a   Hutter, Gregor ^a   Sakata, Daiji ^a   Mortin Toth, Steven M ^c,d   Russo, Giancarlo ^e   Danska, Jayne S ^c,d   Aguzzi, Adriano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS CENTER ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD47 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN; SIGNAL REGULATORY PROTEIN ALPHA; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 2; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DOWN REGULATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEGREGATION; GENE TARGETING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RNA SEQUENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, 129 STRAIN; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHAGOCYTOSIS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PRIONS; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 84888124305     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20131274     Document Type: Article

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