Bruton's tyrosine kinase--an integral protein of B cell development that also has an essential role in the innate immune system

J Leukoc Biol. 2014 Feb;95(2):243-50. doi: 10.1189/jlb.0513307. Epub 2013 Nov 18.

Abstract

Btk is the protein affected in XLA, a disease identified as a B cell differentiation defect. Btk is crucial for B cell differentiation and activation, but its role in other cells is not fully understood. This review focuses on the function of Btk in monocytes, neutrophils, and platelets and the receptors and signaling cascades in such cells with which Btk is associated.

Keywords: TLRs; XLA; inflammation.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Agammaglobulinaemia Tyrosine Kinase
  • Agammaglobulinemia / enzymology
  • Agammaglobulinemia / genetics
  • Agammaglobulinemia / immunology
  • Animals
  • B-Lymphocytes / enzymology*
  • B-Lymphocytes / immunology*
  • Genetic Diseases, X-Linked / enzymology
  • Genetic Diseases, X-Linked / genetics
  • Genetic Diseases, X-Linked / immunology
  • Humans
  • Immunity, Innate*
  • Mutation / genetics
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / genetics
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / metabolism*
  • Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell / metabolism

Substances

  • Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
  • Agammaglobulinaemia Tyrosine Kinase
  • BTK protein, human

Supplementary concepts

  • Bruton type agammaglobulinemia