Communications Biology (Aug 2022)

Receptor for advanced glycation end-products (RAGE) mediates phagocytosis in nonprofessional phagocytes

  • Yan Yang,
  • Guoyu Liu,
  • Feng Li,
  • Lucas B. Carey,
  • Changjin Sun,
  • Kaiping Ling,
  • Hiroyuki Tachikawa,
  • Morihisa Fujita,
  • Xiao-Dong Gao,
  • Hideki Nakanishi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03791-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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The multiligand receptor RAGE (receptor for advanced glycation end-products) mediates phagocytosis in non-professional phagocytes (NPPs), for example through the use of RNA fragments as ligands for internalization.