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Salmonella stimulate macrophage macropinocytosis and persist within spacious phagosomes.
The Journal of experimental medicine - 1 Feb 1994
Alpuche-Aranda C M, Racoosin E L, Swanson J A, Miller S I
Abstract excerpt
Light microscopic studies of phagocytosis showed that Salmonella typhimurium entered mouse macrophages enclosed in spacious phagosomes (SP). Viewed by time-lapse video microscopy, bone marrow-derived macrophages exposed to S. typhimurium displayed generalized plasma membrane ruffling and macropinocytosis. Phagosomes containing Salmonella were morphologically indistinguishable from macropinosomes. SP formation was...
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