Increased plasma levels of the soluble Mer tyrosine kinase receptor in systemic lupus erythematosus relate to disease activity and nephritis

[1] Linger RM(2008)TAM receptor tyrosine kinases: biologic functions, signaling, and potential therapeutic targeting in human cancer Adv Cancer Res 100 35-83

[2] Keating AK(2008)Immunobiology of the TAM receptors Nat Rev Immunol 8 327-336

[3] Earp HS(2006)Gas6 and protein S. Vitamin K-dependent ligands for the Axl receptor tyrosine kinase subfamily FEBS J 273 5231-5244

[4] Graham DK(2006)Signalling and functional diversity within the Axl subfamily of receptor tyrosine kinases Cytokine Growth Factor Rev 17 295-304

[5] Lemke G(2009)The Mer receptor tyrosine kinase is expressed on discrete macrophage subpopulations and mainly uses Gas6 as its ligand for uptake of apoptotic cells Clin Immunol 133 138-144

[6] Rothlin CV(2010)Mertk in daily retinal phagocytosis: a history in the making Adv Exp Med Biol 664 133-140

[7] Hafizi S(2007)TAM receptors are pleiotropic inhibitors of the innate immune response Cell 131 1124-1136

[8] Dahlback B(2004)The macrophage and the apoptotic cell: an innate immune interaction viewed simplistically? Immunology 113 1-14

[9] Hafizi S(2002)Delayed apoptotic cell clearance and lupus-like autoimmunity in mice lacking the c-mer membrane tyrosine kinase J Exp Med 196 135-140

[10] Dahlback B(2007)A soluble form of the Mer receptor tyrosine kinase inhibits macrophage clearance of apoptotic cells and platelet aggregation Blood 109 1026-1033

[1] Linger RM(2008)TAM receptor tyrosine kinases: biologic functions, signaling, and potential therapeutic targeting in human cancer Adv Cancer Res 100 35-83

[2] Keating AK(2008)Immunobiology of the TAM receptors Nat Rev Immunol 8 327-336

[3] Earp HS(2006)Gas6 and protein S. Vitamin K-dependent ligands for the Axl receptor tyrosine kinase subfamily FEBS J 273 5231-5244

[4] Graham DK(2006)Signalling and functional diversity within the Axl subfamily of receptor tyrosine kinases Cytokine Growth Factor Rev 17 295-304

[5] Lemke G(2009)The Mer receptor tyrosine kinase is expressed on discrete macrophage subpopulations and mainly uses Gas6 as its ligand for uptake of apoptotic cells Clin Immunol 133 138-144

[6] Rothlin CV(2010)Mertk in daily retinal phagocytosis: a history in the making Adv Exp Med Biol 664 133-140

[7] Hafizi S(2007)TAM receptors are pleiotropic inhibitors of the innate immune response Cell 131 1124-1136

[8] Dahlback B(2004)The macrophage and the apoptotic cell: an innate immune interaction viewed simplistically? Immunology 113 1-14

[9] Hafizi S(2002)Delayed apoptotic cell clearance and lupus-like autoimmunity in mice lacking the c-mer membrane tyrosine kinase J Exp Med 196 135-140

[10] Dahlback B(2007)A soluble form of the Mer receptor tyrosine kinase inhibits macrophage clearance of apoptotic cells and platelet aggregation Blood 109 1026-1033