Figure 2.
Axl expression at homeostasis is restricted to mucosal macrophages. Axl (a) and MerTK (b) relative mRNA expression in purified airway and peritoneal macrophages. Symbols represent data from individual mice and lines represent the mean value. Flow cytometric analysis of (c) Axl and (d) MerTK expression on airway, peritoneal, intestinal and ear skin macrophages, and blood monocytes. Specific staining, solid line/open. Isotype control, dotted line/shaded. (c and d) are representative of two independent experiments with five mice, except for the ear skin data; one experiment with five mice.