Phagocytosis: Our Current Understanding of a Universal Biological Process
Frontiers in Immunology, 2020 Phagocytosis is a cellular process for ingesting and eliminating particles larger than 0.5 μm in diameter, including microorganisms, foreign substances, and apoptotic cells.
Eileen Uribe-Querol, Carlos Rosales
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Phagocytosis in the Brain: Homeostasis and Disease
Frontiers in Immunology, 2019 Microglia are resident macrophages of the central nervous system and significantly contribute to overall brain function by participating in phagocytosis during development, homeostasis, and diseased states.
Craig S Moore
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Microglial phagocytosis of neurons in neurodegeneration, and its regulation
Journal of Neurochemistry, 2021 There is growing evidence that excessive microglial phagocytosis of neurons and synapses contributes to multiple brain pathologies. RNA‐seq and genome‐wide association (GWAS) studies have linked multiple phagocytic genes to neurodegenerative diseases ...
Claire Ann Butler +2 more
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Ganoderma lucidum spore oil alleviates psychological stress-evoked tumor progression by enhancing FcγR-mediated macrophage phagocytosis [PDF]
Chinese MedicineBackground Ganoderma lucidum (G. lucidum), has been documented as a medicinal herb in classical texts and officially recognized in both Eastern and Western pharmacopeias. G.
Dong-Dong Li +19 more
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Roles of the phagocytosis checkpoint in radiotherapy [PDF]
Cell Death and DiseaseRadiotherapy is widely used in cancer treatment in both curative and palliative care due to its good safety profile and broad clinical availability.
Yulan Kui +4 more
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Royal jelly fermented by honeybee queen (Apis mellifera)-derived Lactobacillus panisapium M1 enhances macrophage phagocytosis through the TLR2/MAPK/SR signaling pathway [PDF]
BMC Complementary Medicine and TherapiesBackground Royal jelly (RJ) has traditionally been used to maintain health, and its fatty acids (10-hydroxy decanoic acid and 10-hydroxy-2-decenoic acid) are reported to have immunomodulatory effects.
Shuhei Nonobe +5 more
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Phagocytosis checkpoints as new targets for cancer immunotherapy
Nature Reviews Cancer, 2019 Mingye Feng, Wen Jiang, Betty Y S Kim
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Control of Phagocytosis by Microbial Pathogens
Frontiers in Immunology, 2017 Phagocytosis is a fundamental process of cells to capture and ingest foreign particles. Small unicellular organisms such as free-living amoeba use this process to acquire food.
Eileen Uribe-Querol, Carlos Rosales
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Emerging phagocytosis checkpoints in cancer immunotherapy
Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, 2023 Cancer immunotherapy, mainly including immune checkpoints-targeted therapy and the adoptive transfer of engineered immune cells, has revolutionized the oncology landscape as it utilizes patients’ own immune systems in combating the cancer cells.
Yue-Ying Liu +9 more
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Succinate Promotes Phagocytosis of Monocytes/Macrophages in Teleost Fish
Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2021 Development of immunity-based strategy to manage bacterial infection is urgently needed in aquaculture due to the widespread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Dai-xiao Yang +15 more
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