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

J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2017 Oct;140(4):1144-1146.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2017.03.024. Epub 2017 Apr 12.
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Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Asthma / genetics
  • Asthma / immunology*
  • Axl Receptor Tyrosine Kinase
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lung / immunology
  • Macrophages / immunology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nucleosomes
  • Phagocytosis
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins / genetics
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins / immunology*
  • Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / genetics
  • Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / immunology*
  • Sputum / immunology

Substances

  • Nucleosomes
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins
  • Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
  • Axl Receptor Tyrosine Kinase
  • AXL protein, human