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Review
. 2001 Aug;2(8):627-33.
doi: 10.1038/35085094.

The phosphatidylserine receptor: a crucial molecular switch?

P M Henson  1 , D L Bratton, V A Fadok
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Review

The phosphatidylserine receptor: a crucial molecular switch?

P M Henson et al. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2001 Aug.

Abstract

The uptake and removal of necrotic or lysed cells involves inflammation and an immune response, due in part to processes that involve members of the collectin family, surface calreticulin and CD91. Clearance of apoptotic cells, by contrast, does not induce either inflammation or immunity. Could the phosphatidylserine receptor be the molecular switch that determines what the outcome will be?

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