Identifiers
HUGO:GAS6
Maps_Modules
HMC:AVOIDING_IMMUNE_DESTRUCTION
Innate Immunity / DANGER_SIGNAL_PATHWAYS
References
MACROPHAGE
CASCADE:MERTK
PMID:19631584
The Mer receptor tyrosine kinase is expressed on discrete macrophage subpopulations and mainly uses Gas6 as its ligand for uptake of apoptotic cells.
PMID:25695599
Mer receptor tyrosine kinase mediates both tethering
and phagocytosis of apoptotic cells downstream of PROS1 and Gas6