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The trigger to cell death determines the efficiency with which dying cells are cleared by neighbours.
Cell death and differentiation - 1 Jul 2001
Wiegand U K, Corbach S, Prescott A R, Savill J, Spruce B A
Abstract excerpt
Phagocytosis of apoptotic cells is required to prevent tissue injury. Professional phagocytes, such as monocyte-derived macrophages, are highly efficient scavengers of apoptotic cells but their presence cannot always be relied on; in that case, removal of effete cells is accomplished by helpful neighbours. This study describes differences in the efficiency with which apoptotic cells of the same type, but dying in...
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