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Abstract
The uptake of apoptotic cells by phagocytes is defined as efferocytosis. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Martin et al. (2012) and Yang et al. (2012) report that macrophage- and neutrophil-mediated efferocytosis of apoptotic cells containing mycobacteria is an innate antibacterial effector mechanism.Entities:
Year: 2012 PMID: 22980322 PMCID: PMC3445024 DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2012.08.008
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cell Host Microbe ISSN: 1931-3128 Impact factor: 21.023