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Abstract
Recent studies have revealed that the TAM receptor protein tyrosine kinases--TYRO3, AXL and MER--have pivotal roles in innate immunity. They inhibit inflammation in dendritic cells and macrophages, promote the phagocytosis of apoptotic cells and membranous organelles, and stimulate the maturation of natural killer cells. Each of these phenomena may depend on a cooperative interaction between TAM receptor and cytokine receptor signalling systems. Although its importance was previously unrecognized, TAM signalling promises to have an increasingly prominent role in studies of innate immune regulation.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID： 18421305 PMCID： PMC2856445 DOI： 10.1038/nri2303
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Rev Immunol ISSN： 1474-1733 Impact factor: 53.106