Mice Lacking Endoglin in Macrophages Show an Impaired Immune Response.

Endoglin is an auxiliary receptor for members of the TGF-β superfamily and plays an important role in the homeostasis of the vessel wall. Mutations in endoglin gene (ENG) or in the closely related TGF-β receptor type I ACVRL1/ALK1 are responsible for a rare dominant vascular dysplasia, the Hereditar...

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Main Authors: Luisa Ojeda-Fernández, Lucía Recio-Poveda, Mikel Aristorena, Pedro Lastres, Francisco J Blanco, Francisco Sanz-Rodríguez, Eunate Gallardo-Vara, Mateo de las Casas-Engel, Ángel Corbí, Helen M Arthur, Carmelo Bernabeu, Luisa M Botella
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-03-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1005935