Diminished airway macrophage expression of the Axl receptor tyrosine kinase is associated with defective efferocytosis in asthma.

The apoptotic cell recognition receptor Axl is highly expressed on human airway/alveolar macrophages, its expression is driven by the lung microenvironment and is significantly reduced in asthma, which may explain defects in apoptotic cell clearance.

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