title: Src and Syk kinases: key regulators of phagocytic cell activation.
abstract: Src-family kinases and Syk tyrosine kinases have crucial roles in multiple leukocyte intracellular signaling pathways. In immunoreceptor-related pathways, these enzymes work together sequentially, with Src-family kinases phosphorylating specific protein substrates, which in turn recruit and activate Syk. Recent evidence indicates that several non-immunoreceptors also use Src-family kinases and Syk in this same fashion. In leukocyte integrin signaling, the interaction between the kinases is more complex, where they appear to act in a sequential manner but the mechanisms by which they are activated remain poorly defined. Elucidating the regulation of these tyrosine kinase-based signaling pathways in leukocytes remains an important goal in understanding how immune cells respond to the multitude of activating agents they encounter.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Section of General Pathology, University of Verona, Strada Le Grazie 8, 37134 Verona, Italy. giorgio.berton@univr.it
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Berton
authors.forename: Attila
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mócsai
authors.forename: Clifford A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Lowell
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004792:Enzyme Precursors / Q000378:metabolism*; D007249:Inflammation / Q000201:enzymology / Q000276:immunology; D016023:Integrins / Q000378:metabolism; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D018448:Models, Immunological; D010586:Phagocytes / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000276:immunology*; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D000072377:Syk Kinase; D019061:src-Family Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004792:Enzyme Precursors; D016023:Integrins; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D000072377:Syk Kinase; C000606897:Syk protein, mouse; D019061:src-Family Kinases