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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
2025
Cholesterol mobilization regulates dendritic cell maturation and the immunogenic response to cancer
Belabed M, Park M, Blouin C, Balan S, Moon C, Freed G, Quijada-Álamo M, Peros A, Mattiuz R, Reid A, Yatim N, Boumelha J, Azimi C, LaMarche N, Troncoso L, Amabile A, Le Berichel J, Chen S, Wilk C, Brown B, Radford K, Ghosh S, Rothlin C, Yvan-Charvet L, Marron T, Puleston D, Wagenblast E, Bhardwaj N, Lamaze C, Merad M. Cholesterol mobilization regulates dendritic cell maturation and the immunogenic response to cancer. Nature Immunology 2025, 26: 188-199. PMID: 39838105, DOI: 10.1038/s41590-024-02065-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConventional dendritic cellsNiemann-Pick disease type C1Maturation of conventional dendritic cellsExpression of maturation markersCholesterol mobilizationAnti-tumor immunityReceptor tyrosine kinase AXLDendritic cell maturationResponse to cancerTyrosine kinase AXLDendritic cellsImmune receptor signalingMaturation markersAuto-immunityCell maturationReceptor signalingImmunogenic responseTherapeutic targetCholesterol transportLipid nanodomainsSubcellular mechanismsCholesterolType C1CancerCell surface
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