NIH R01 · 2024
TRPM7 at the Crossroads of Tissue Homeostasis and inflammation
In all organ systems, timely and non-inflammatory clearance of senescent, damaged and dead cells is a crucial checkpoint at the crossroads of tissue homeostasis and inflammation. Through a specialized form of phagocytosis, termed efferocytosis, the tissue-resident phagocytes recognize, engulf and digest cell corpses without the inflammatory and self-destructive activation of the immune system. Efferocytosis of virally infected cell corpses is also a prerequisite to antigen processing and presentation that lies at the heart of anti-viral immunosurveillance. The mechanisms through which the engulfed corpses are digested in the efferophagosome are highly dependent on Ca2+-signaling but…
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