Features of phagocytosis have been observed in human tumors, but the phagocytic apparatus of tumor cells and the mechanism(s) underlying this phenomenon have yet to be defined. To address the ...

Phagocytosis and pinocytosis are biological processes wherein a cell senses and engulfs nearby material. These processes enable cells to intake substances that can’t easily pass through the cell ...

Phagocytic immune cells such as macrophages play an important role in the phagocytosis of dying or diseased cells. Efferocytosis is a process involving the removal of apoptotic or dead cells by ...