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Efferocytosis is impaired in Gaucher macrophages.
Haematologica - 1 Apr 2017
Aflaki Elma, Borger Daniel K, Grey Richard J, Kirby Martha, Anderson Stacie, Lopez Grisel, Sidransky Ellen
Abstract excerpt
Gaucher disease, the inherited deficiency of lysosomal glucocerebrosidase, is characterized by the presence of glucosylceramide-laden macrophages resulting from impaired digestion of aged erythrocytes or apoptotic leukocytes. Studies of macrophages from patients with type 1 Gaucher disease with genotypes N370S/N370S, N370S/L444P or N370S/c.84dupG revealed that Gaucher macrophages have impaired efferocytosis...
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