Table I.

A survey of disease states associated with defects in engulfment-related genes

Gene Disease relationship Human/mouse References 
Find me 
G2A AI Le et al., 2001  
CX3CR1 Neuropathy Cardona et al., 2006  
CX3CL1 Atherosclerosis Combadière et al., 2003  
Eat-me/tickling 
MER AI, cancer, neuropathy, atherosclerosis H/M Gal et al., 2000; Scott et al., 2001; Cohen et al., 2002; Keating et al., 2006; Nandrot et al., 2007; Ait-Oufella et al., 2008; Thorp et al., 2008  
MFG-E8 AI, atherosclerosis, neuropathy Hanayama et al., 2004; Ait-Oufella et al., 2007; Nandrot et al., 2007  
C1q AI, atherosclerosis, neuropathy Botto et al., 1998; Fonseca et al., 2004; Bhatia et al., 2007  
αvβ3/5 AI, atherosclerosis Weng et al., 2003; Lacy-Hulbert et al., 2007  
TIM-4 AI Rodriguez-Manzanet et al., 2010  
Gas6 Atherosclerosis Lutgens et al., 2008  
Engulfment 
ELMO1 Diabetic nephropathya Shimazaki et al., 2005; Leak et al., 2009; Pezzolesi et al., 2009a  
GULP1 Arthritisa, schizophreniaa Qingchun et al., 2008; Chen et al., 2009  
MEGF10 Schizophreniaa Chen et al., 2009  
Post-engulfment 
LXRα/β AI A-Gonzalez et al., 2009  
PPARδ AI Mukundan et al., 2009  
DNase II AI Kawane et al., 2003  
Gene Disease relationship Human/mouse References 
Find me 
G2A AI Le et al., 2001  
CX3CR1 Neuropathy Cardona et al., 2006  
CX3CL1 Atherosclerosis Combadière et al., 2003  
Eat-me/tickling 
MER AI, cancer, neuropathy, atherosclerosis H/M Gal et al., 2000; Scott et al., 2001; Cohen et al., 2002; Keating et al., 2006; Nandrot et al., 2007; Ait-Oufella et al., 2008; Thorp et al., 2008  
MFG-E8 AI, atherosclerosis, neuropathy Hanayama et al., 2004; Ait-Oufella et al., 2007; Nandrot et al., 2007  
C1q AI, atherosclerosis, neuropathy Botto et al., 1998; Fonseca et al., 2004; Bhatia et al., 2007  
αvβ3/5 AI, atherosclerosis Weng et al., 2003; Lacy-Hulbert et al., 2007  
TIM-4 AI Rodriguez-Manzanet et al., 2010  
Gas6 Atherosclerosis Lutgens et al., 2008  
Engulfment 
ELMO1 Diabetic nephropathya Shimazaki et al., 2005; Leak et al., 2009; Pezzolesi et al., 2009a  
GULP1 Arthritisa, schizophreniaa Qingchun et al., 2008; Chen et al., 2009  
MEGF10 Schizophreniaa Chen et al., 2009  
Post-engulfment 
LXRα/β AI A-Gonzalez et al., 2009  
PPARδ AI Mukundan et al., 2009  
DNase II AI Kawane et al., 2003  

Genes are grouped by known roles in engulfment (find-me, eat-me, engulfment, and post-engulfment). AI, autoimmune phenotype; H, human; M, mouse.

a

There is evidence of genetic linkage but no direct causal relationship was established.

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