2024
Apoptotic cell identity induces distinct functional responses to IL-4 in efferocytic macrophages
Liebold I, Al Jawazneh A, Casar C, Lanzloth C, Leyk S, Hamley M, Wong M, Kylies D, Gräfe S, Edenhofer I, Aranda-Pardos I, Kriwet M, Haas H, Krause J, Hadjilaou A, Schromm A, Richardt U, Eggert P, Tappe D, Weidemann S, Ghosh S, Krebs C, A-Gonzalez N, Worthmann A, Lohse A, Huber S, Rothlin C, Puelles V, Jacobs T, Gagliani N, Bosurgi L. Apoptotic cell identity induces distinct functional responses to IL-4 in efferocytic macrophages. Science 2024, 384: eabo7027. PMID: 38574142, DOI: 10.1126/science.abo7027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsApoptotic neutrophilsApoptotic cellsIL-4-induced gene expressionUptake of apoptotic neutrophilsApoptotic cell clearanceCell lineage identityResponse to IL-4Cell identityEfferocytic macrophagesPhagocytic receptorsGene expressionLineage identityCell clearanceApoptotic hepatocytesHeterogeneous cellsCellsMouse modelT cellsParasite-induced pathologyIL-4HepatocytesMacrophagesInterleukin-4EngulfmentPhenotype
2022
Tissue-specific modifier alleles determine Mertk loss-of-function traits
Akalu YT, Mercau ME, Ansems M, Hughes LD, Nevin J, Alberto EJ, Liu XN, He LZ, Alvarado D, Keler T, Kong Y, Philbrick WM, Bosenberg M, Finnemann SC, Iavarone A, Lasorella A, Rothlin CV, Ghosh S. Tissue-specific modifier alleles determine Mertk loss-of-function traits. ELife 2022, 11: e80530. PMID: 35969037, PMCID: PMC9433089, DOI: 10.7554/elife.80530.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnti-tumor immunityKO miceRetinal pigment epitheliumRetinal degenerationPigment epitheliumPro-inflammatory tumor microenvironmentSyngeneic mouse tumor modelsKO mice displayEarly-onset retinal degenerationSevere retinal degenerationMouse tumor modelsFailure of macrophagesKnockout mouse modelPhotoreceptor outer segmentsMouse modelMice displayTumor modelTumor microenvironmentMacrophage phagocytosisReceptor tyrosine kinasesMiceCritical roleDegenerationMerTKImmunity
2016
The TAM family receptor tyrosine kinase TYRO3 is a negative regulator of type 2 immunity
Chan PY, Carrera Silva EA, De Kouchkovsky D, Joannas LD, Hao L, Hu D, Huntsman S, Eng C, Licona-Limón P, Weinstein JS, Herbert DR, Craft JE, Flavell RA, Repetto S, Correale J, Burchard EG, Torgerson DG, Ghosh S, Rothlin CV. The TAM family receptor tyrosine kinase TYRO3 is a negative regulator of type 2 immunity. Science 2016, 352: 99-103. PMID: 27034374, PMCID: PMC4935984, DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf1358.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdaptive ImmunityAnimalsAsthmaBlood ProteinsDendritic CellsDisease Models, AnimalGene Knockout TechniquesHost-Parasite InteractionsHumansImmunity, InnateInterleukin-4MiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutNippostrongylusProtein SPyroglyphidaeReceptor Protein-Tyrosine KinasesStrongylida InfectionsT-LymphocytesConceptsType 2 immunityType 2 responsesType 2 cytokinesHuman dendritic cellsInnate immune cellsDendritic cellsAllergic diseasesImmune cellsT cellsAdaptive immunityInterleukin-4Host responseFunctional neutralizationGenetic ablationReceptor tyrosine kinasesImmunityProtective functionTyro3Tyrosine kinaseNegative regulatorPROS1CellsResponseCytokinesDisease