The TAM family: phosphatidylserine-sensing receptor tyrosine kinases gone awry in cancer

DK Graham, D DeRyckere, KD Davies… - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2014 - nature.com
The TYRO3, AXL (also known as UFO) and MERTK (TAM) family of receptor tyrosine
kinases (RTKs) are aberrantly expressed in multiple haematological and epithelial …

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 …

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 …

Axl mediates ZIKA virus entry in human glial cells and modulates innate immune responses

L Meertens, A Labeau, O Dejarnac, S Cipriani… - Cell reports, 2017 - cell.com
ZIKA virus (ZIKV) is an emerging pathogen responsible for neurological disorders and
congenital microcephaly. However, the molecular basis for ZIKV neurotropism remains …

Expression analysis highlights AXL as a candidate Zika virus entry receptor in neural stem cells

TJ Nowakowski, AA Pollen, E Di Lullo… - Cell stem cell, 2016 - cell.com
The recent outbreak of Zika virus (ZIKV) in Brazil has been linked to substantial increases in
fetal abnormalities and microcephaly. However, information about the underlying molecular …

TAM receptors regulate multiple features of microglial physiology

L Fourgeaud, PG Través, Y Tufail, H Leal-Bailey… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Microglia are damage sensors for the central nervous system (CNS), and the phagocytes
responsible for routine non-inflammatory clearance of dead brain cells. Here we show that …

[HTML][HTML] Axl as a mediator of cellular growth and survival

H Axelrod, KJ Pienta - Oncotarget, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The control of cellular growth and proliferation is key to the maintenance of homeostasis.
Survival, proliferation, and arrest are regulated, in part, by Growth Arrest Specific 6 (Gas6) …

Protective and pathological immunity during central nervous system infections

RS Klein, CA Hunter - Immunity, 2017 - cell.com
The concept of immune privilege of the central nervous system (CNS) has dominated the
study of inflammatory processes in the brain. However, clinically relevant models have …

The immune system and psychiatric disease: a basic science perspective

FC Bennett, AV Molofsky - Clinical & Experimental Immunology, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Mental illness exerts a major burden on human health, yet evidence-based treatments are
rudimentary due to a limited understanding of the underlying pathologies. Clinical studies …

Tissue-specific modifier alleles determine Mertk loss-of-function traits

YT Akalu, ME Mercau, M Ansems, LD Hughes, J Nevin… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Knockout (KO) mouse models play critical roles in elucidating biological processes behind
disease-associated or disease-resistant traits. As a presumed consequence of gene KO …