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Apoptotic Cells Promote Their Own Clearance and Immune Tolerance through Activation of the Nuclear Receptor LXR

Noelia A-González, Steven J. Bensinger, Cynthia Hong, Susana Beceiro, Michelle N. Bradley, Noam Zelcer, José Manuel Deniz, Cristina M. Ramírez, Germán Gallardo, Carlos Ruiz de Galarreta,

Immunity · 2009 · 668 citations · 50 references

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Macrophages that have ingested apoptotic cells in vitro inhibit proinflammatory cytokine production through autocrine/paracrine mechanisms involving TGF-beta, PGE2, and PAF.

Valerie A. Fadok, Donna L. Bratton, Anatole Konowal et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation · 1998 · 3.1K citations · Full text

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Cholesterol and Bile Acid Metabolism Are Impaired in Mice Lacking the Nuclear Oxysterol Receptor LXRα

Daniel J. Peet, Stephen D. Turley, Wenzhen Ma et al. · Cell · 1998 · 1.4K citations · Full text

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Homozygous C1q deficiency causes glomerulonephritis associated with multiple apoptotic bodies

Marina Botto, Chiara Dell' Agnola, Anne E. Bygrave et al. · Nature Genetics · 1998 · 1.4K citations

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Identification of a factor that links apoptotic cells to phagocytes

Rikinari Hanayama, Masato Tanaka, Keiko Miwa et al. · Nature · 2002 · 1.4K citations

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Phagocytosis and clearance of apoptotic cells is mediated by MER

Rona S. Scott, Eileen McMahon, Shannon M. Pop et al. · Nature · 2001 · 1.2K citations

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