Identifiers
HUGO:PROS1
Maps_Modules
HMC:AVOIDING_IMMUNE_DESTRUCTION
Innate Immunity / DANGER_SIGNAL_PATHWAYS
References
MACROPHAGE
CASCADE:MERTK
PMID:12447359
Purified protein S was equivalent to serum in its ability to stimulate macrophage phagocytosis of apoptotic lymphoma cells, and immunodepletion of protein S eliminated the prophagocytic activity of serum. Protein S acted by binding to phosphatidylserine expressed on the apoptotic cell surface.
PMID:25695599
Mer receptor tyrosine kinase mediates both tethering
and phagocytosis of apoptotic cells downstream of PROS1 and Gas6