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Components of the Engulfment Machinery Have Distinct Roles in Corpse Processing.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Meehan Tracy L, Joudi Tony F, Timmons Allison K, Taylor Jeffrey D, Habib Corey S, Peterson Jeanne S, Emmanuel Shanan, Franc Nathalie C, McCall Kimberly
Abstract excerpt
Billions of cells die in our bodies on a daily basis and are engulfed by phagocytes. Engulfment, or phagocytosis, can be broken down into five basic steps: attraction of the phagocyte, recognition of the dying cell, internalization, phagosome maturation, and acidification. In this study, we focus on the last two steps, which can collectively be considered corpse processing, in which the engulfed material is...
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