Apoptotic cell clearance: basic biology and therapeutic potential

IKH Poon, CD Lucas, AG Rossi… - Nature Reviews …, 2014 - nature.com
The prompt removal of apoptotic cells by phagocytes is important for maintaining tissue
homeostasis. The molecular and cellular events that underpin apoptotic cell recognition and …

Biology of the TAM receptors

G Lemke - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology, 2013 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
The TAM receptors—Tyro3, Axl, and Mer—comprise a unique family of receptor tyrosine
kinases, in that as a group they play no essential role in embryonic development. Instead …

[HTML][HTML] Mer regulates microglial/macrophage M1/M2 polarization and alleviates neuroinflammation following traumatic brain injury

H Wu, J Zheng, S Xu, Y Fang, Y Wu, J Zeng… - Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Background Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of death and disability
worldwide. Microglial/macrophage activation and neuroinflammation are key cellular events …

TAM receptor signaling in immune homeostasis

CV Rothlin, EA Carrera-Silva, L Bosurgi… - Annual review of …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
The TAM receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs)—T YRO3, A XL, and M ERTK—together with their
cognate agonists GAS6 and PROS1 play an essential role in the resolution of inflammation …

Diversification of TAM receptor tyrosine kinase function

A Zagórska, PG Través, ED Lew, I Dransfield… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
The clearance of apoptotic cells is critical for both tissue homeostasis and the resolution of
inflammation. We found that the TAM receptor tyrosine kinases Axl and Mer had distinct …

[HTML][HTML] Polarization of rheumatoid macrophages by TNF targeting through an IL-10/STAT3 mechanism

Y Degboé, B Rauwel, M Baron, JF Boyer… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Macrophages contribute to the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). They can display
different states of activation or “polarization,” notably the so-called inflammatory “M1” and the …

Differential TAM receptor–ligand–phospholipid interactions delimit differential TAM bioactivities

ED Lew, J Oh, PG Burrola, I Lax, A Zagórska… - Elife, 2014 - elifesciences.org
The TAM receptor tyrosine kinases Tyro3, Axl, and Mer regulate key features of cellular
physiology, yet the differential activities of the TAM ligands Gas6 and Protein S are poorly …

[HTML][HTML] Resolving inflammation by TAM receptor activation

JP Vago, FA Amaral, FAJ van de Loo - Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2021 - Elsevier
The control of inflammation is strictly regulated to ensure the adequate intensity and duration
of an inflammatory response, enabling the removal of the trigger factors and the restoration …

The TAM receptor Mertk protects against neuroinvasive viral infection by maintaining blood-brain barrier integrity

JJ Miner, BP Daniels, B Shrestha… - Nature medicine, 2015 - nature.com
Abstract The TAM receptors Tyro3, Axl and Mertk are receptor tyrosine kinases that dampen
host innate immune responses following engagement with their ligands Gas6 and Protein S …

[HTML][HTML] The role of TAM family receptors in immune cell function: implications for cancer therapy

M Paolino, JM Penninger - Cancers, 2016 - mdpi.com
The TAM receptor protein tyrosine kinases—Tyro3, Axl, and Mer—are essential regulators of
immune homeostasis. Guided by their cognate ligands Growth arrest-specific gene 6 (Gas6) …