"c-Mer Tyrosine Kinase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A receptor tyrosine kinase that transduces signals from EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX to the CYTOPLASM by binding ligands such as GALECTIN 3. It regulates many physiologic processes that include cell survival, migration, differentiation, and PHAGOCYTOSIS of apoptotic cells and ROD PHOTORECEPTORS in the RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM. Mutations in the MERTK gene are associated with type 38 RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; it also plays a critical role as an inhibitor of TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS signaling.
| Descriptor ID |
D000076202
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.913.696.620.682.725.400.003 D12.776.543.750.630.003 D12.776.624.664.700.037
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| Concept/Terms |
c-Mer Tyrosine Kinase- c-Mer Tyrosine Kinase
- Kinase, c-Mer Tyrosine
- Tyrosine Kinase, c-Mer
- c Mer Tyrosine Kinase
- c-Mer Proto-Oncogene Tyrosine Kinase
- c Mer Proto Oncogene Tyrosine Kinase
- MERTK
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| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "c-Mer Tyrosine Kinase" by people in Profiles.
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Soni C, Schell SL, Fasnacht MJ, Chodisetti SB, Rahman ZS. Crucial role of Mer tyrosine kinase in the maintenance of SIGN-R1+ marginal zone macrophages. Immunol Cell Biol. 2018 03; 96(3):298-315.
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Schell SL, Soni C, Fasnacht MJ, Domeier PP, Cooper TK, Rahman ZSM. Mer Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Signaling Prevents Self-Ligand Sensing and Aberrant Selection in Germinal Centers. J Immunol. 2017 12 15; 199(12):4001-4015.
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Khan TN, Wong EB, Soni C, Rahman ZS. Prolonged apoptotic cell accumulation in germinal centers of Mer-deficient mice causes elevated B cell and CD4+ Th cell responses leading to autoantibody production. J Immunol. 2013 Feb 15; 190(4):1433-46.
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Rahman ZS, Shao WH, Khan TN, Zhen Y, Cohen PL. Impaired apoptotic cell clearance in the germinal center by Mer-deficient tingible body macrophages leads to enhanced antibody-forming cell and germinal center responses. J Immunol. 2010 Nov 15; 185(10):5859-68.