Report Published: "Tyrosine Protein Kinase Mer - Pipeline Review, H1 2017"
Tyrosine Protein Kinase Mer (Proto Oncogene c Mer or Receptor Tyrosine Kinase MerTK or MERTK or EC 2.7.10.1) - Proto-oncogene tyrosine-protein kinase MER is an enzyme encoded by the MERTK gene. It regulates many physiological processes including cell survival, migration, differentiation, and phagocytosis of apoptotic cells. It plays a role in various processes such as macrophage clearance of apoptotic cells, platelet aggregation, cytoskeleton reorganization and engulfment. Functions in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) as a regulator of rod outer segments...
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