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The RON receptor tyrosine kinase regulates IFN-gamma production and responses in innate immunity.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Aug 2008
Wilson Caleph B, Ray Manujendra, Lutz Michael, Sharda Daniel, Xu Jie, Hankey Pamela A
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Receptor tyrosine kinases are emerging as a class of key regulators of innate immune responses. We have shown previously that the RON receptor tyrosine kinases (murine Stk), expressed on tissue-resident macrophages, inhibit classical macrophage activation while promoting hallmarks of alternative activation, thus regulating the critical balance between the inflammatory and wound-healing properties of activated...
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