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Michael R Elliott1, Kodi S Ravichandran.
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During embryonic development, large numbers of apoptotic cells are rapidly cleared by phagocytes. In this issue, Kurant et al. (2008) describe a new phagocytic receptor, called six-microns-under (SIMU), that promotes engulfment of apoptotic neurons by glial cells in the developing nervous system of Drosophila.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18455977 PMCID: PMC2902558 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2008.04.014
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cell ISSN: 0092-8674 Impact factor: 41.582