Diminished airway macrophage expression of the Axl receptor tyrosine kinase is associated with defective efferocytosis in asthma.

Aleksander M Grabiec, Nicholas Denny, John Doherty, Kaisa E Happonen, Jenny Hankinson, Emma Connolly, Mark E Fife, Toshifumi Fujimori, Naoya Fujino, Anupam Goenka, Susan Holden, Gael Gioan-Tavernier, Rajesh Shah, Peter Cook, Andrew MacDonald, Robert Niven, Björn Dahlbäck, Stephen Fowler, Angela Simpson, Tracy Hussell

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Abstract

The apoptotic cell recognition receptor Axl is highly expressed on human airway/alveolar macrophages, its expression is driven by the lung microenvironment and is significantly reduced in asthma, which may explain defects in apoptotic cell clearance
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1144-1146
JournalJournal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume140
Issue number4
Early online date12 Apr 2017
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 12 Apr 2017

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