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ArticleCell communication and signaling : CCS2025

AXL and MERTK facilitate tissue repair in severe acute pancreatitis via a CCR5-dependent neutrophil and macrophage crosstalk.

Bin Li, Xiuli Zhang, Song Liu, Xiaoyu Guo, Wanyi Lu, Kaixin Peng, Rujuan Liu, Zhigao Chen, Liang Li, Guoyong Hu and 3 more

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Article in Cell communication and signaling : CCS, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. Neutrophil depletion exacerbatesFood and waterborne parasitology · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors.

Bin LiDepartment of Gastroenterology, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Xiuli ZhangCenter for Biomarker Discovery and Validation, National Infrastructures for Translational Medicine (PUMCH), Institute of Clinical Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Song LiuCenter for Bioinformatics, National Infrastructures for Translational Medicine (PUMCH), Institute of Clinical Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Xiaoyu GuoCenter for Biomarker Discovery and Validation, National Infrastructures for Translational Medicine (PUMCH), Institute of Clinical Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Wanyi LuCenter for Biomarker Discovery and Validation, National Infrastructures for Translational Medicine (PUMCH), Institute of Clinical Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Kaixin PengCenter for Biomarker Discovery and Validation, National Infrastructures for Translational Medicine (PUMCH), Institute of Clinical Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Rujuan LiuCenter for Biomarker Discovery and Validation, National Infrastructures for Translational Medicine (PUMCH), Institute of Clinical Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Zhigao ChenCenter for Biomarker Discovery and Validation, National Infrastructures for Translational Medicine (PUMCH), Institute of Clinical Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Liang LiDepartment of Gastroenterology, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Guoyong HuDepartment of Gastroenterology, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Sohail HusainDivision of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
Xingpeng WangDepartment of Gastroenterology, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. richardwangxp@163.com.
Li WenCenter for Biomarker Discovery and Validation, National Infrastructures for Translational Medicine (PUMCH), Institute of Clinical Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China. wenli7007@gmail.com.

Funding

National High Level Hospital Clinical Research Funding 2022-PUMCH-E-003National Natural Science Foundation of China 82122010; 82070659Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai Municipality 22ZR1480500the CAMS Innovation Fund for Medical Science 2023-I2M-3-001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) is a potentially life-threatening inflammatory disorder of the exocrine pancreas, characterized by massive cell death, which drives the progression and resolution of the disease. However, little is known about the key regulators in the tissue microenvironment that mediate tissue damage and repair. In this study, we discovered that AXL and MERTK in macrophages are responsible for tissue repair and pancreatic inflammation following SAP. Targeted deletion of Axl and Mertk in myeloid cells resulted in impaired phenotypic switch towards pro-resolving macrophage. This impairment is partly due to an accumulation of Cxcr2

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Cell Communicationc-Mer Tyrosine KinaseMacrophagesNeutrophilsPancreatitisProto-Oncogene ProteinsReceptor Protein-Tyrosine KinasesReceptors, CCR5AnimalsAxl Receptor Tyrosine KinaseMiceMice, Inbred C57BLAxl Receptor Tyrosine KinaseAXL receptor tyrosine kinase, mouseCCR5 protein, mousec-Mer Tyrosine KinaseMertk protein, mouseProto-Oncogene ProteinsReceptor Protein-Tyrosine KinasesReceptors, CCR5

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PMID40898178
PMCPMC12403515

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