The role of airway macrophages in apoptotic cell clearance following acute and chronic lung inflammation

AM Grabiec, T Hussell - Seminars in immunopathology, 2016 - Springer
Acute and chronic inflammatory responses in the lung are associated with the accumulation
of large quantities of immune and structural cells undergoing apoptosis, which need to be …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Macrophage MerTK promotes liver fibrosis in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

B Cai, P Dongiovanni, KE Corey, X Wang… - Cell metabolism, 2020 - cell.com
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is emerging as a leading cause of chronic liver
disease. However, therapeutic options are limited by incomplete understanding of the …

Lupus nephritis biomarkers: a critical review

FK Alduraibi, GC Tsokos - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
Lupus nephritis (LN), a major complication in individuals diagnosed with systemic lupus
erythematosus, substantially increases morbidity and mortality. Despite marked …

Patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure have increased numbers of regulatory immune cells expressing the receptor tyrosine kinase MERTK

C Bernsmeier, OT Pop, A Singanayagam… - Gastroenterology, 2015 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Characteristics of decompensated cirrhosis and acute-on-chronic liver
failure (ACLF) include susceptibility to infection, immuneparesis, and monocyte dysfunction …

MerTK cleavage limits proresolving mediator biosynthesis and exacerbates tissue inflammation

B Cai, EB Thorp, AC Doran… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
The acute inflammatory response requires a coordinated resolution program to prevent
excessive inflammation, repair collateral damage, and restore tissue homeostasis, and …

MerTK signaling in macrophages promotes the synthesis of inflammation resolution mediators by suppressing CaMKII activity

B Cai, C Kasikara, AC Doran, R Ramakrishnan… - Science …, 2018 - science.org
Inflammation resolution counterbalances excessive inflammation and restores tissue
homeostasis after injury. Failure of resolution contributes to the pathology of numerous …

The monocyte to macrophage transition in the murine sterile wound

MJ Crane, JM Daley, O van Houtte, SK Brancato… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
The origin of wound repair macrophages is incompletely defined and was examined here in
sterile wounds using the subcutaneous polyvinyl alcohol sponge implantation model in …

Myeloid cell–derived PROS1 inhibits tumor metastasis by regulating inflammatory and immune responses via IL-10

A Maimon, V Levi-Yahid, K Ben-Meir… - The Journal of …, 2021 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Stimulation of TAM (TYRO3, AXL, and MERTK) receptor tyrosine kinases promotes tumor
progression through numerous cellular mechanisms. TAM cognate ligands GAS6 and …

Axl and Mertk receptors cooperate to promote breast cancer progression by combined oncogenic signaling and evasion of host antitumor immunity

V Davra, S Kumar, K Geng, D Calianese, D Mehta… - Cancer research, 2021 - AACR
Despite the promising clinical benefit of targeted and immune checkpoint blocking
therapeutics, current strategies have limited success in breast cancer, indicating that …