Digestive exophagy: Phagocyte digestion of objects too large for phagocytosis

Volume: 21, Issue: 1, Pages: 6 - 12
Published: Dec 2, 2019
Abstract
Mammalian phagocytes carry out several essential functions, including killing and digesting infectious organisms, clearing denatured proteins, removing dead cells and removing several types of debris from the extracellular space. Many of these functions involve phagocytosis, the engulfment of a target in a specialized endocytic process and then fusion of the new phagosome with lysosomes. Phagocytes such as macrophages can phagocytose targets...
Paper Details
Title
Digestive exophagy: Phagocyte digestion of objects too large for phagocytosis
DOI
Published Date
Dec 2, 2019
Journal
Volume
21
Issue
1
Pages
6 - 12
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