Phagocytosis

"Phagocytosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The engulfing and degradation of microorganisms; other cells that are dead, dying, or pathogenic; and foreign particles by phagocytic cells (PHAGOCYTES).

Descriptor ID	D010587
MeSH Number(s)	G04.417.350 G09.188.665 G12.450.564.809 G12.688
Concept/Terms	Phagocytosis Phagocytosis Phagocytoses

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Biological Sciences [G]
Cell Physiological Phenomena [G04]
Endocytosis [G04.417]
Phagocytosis [G04.417.350]
Circulatory and Respiratory Physiological Phenomena [G09]
Blood Physiological Phenomena [G09.188]
Phagocytosis [G09.188.665]
Immune System Phenomena [G12]
Immunity [G12.450]
Immunity, Innate [G12.450.564]
Phagocytosis [G12.450.564.809]
Phagocytosis [G12.688]

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Phagocytosis" by people in this website by year, and whether "Phagocytosis" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 28 publications over 19 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2017

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	0	1	1
1998	0	2	2
1999	0	1	1
2000	0	2	2
2001	0	1	1
2003	0	1	1
2005	0	1	1
2006	0	1	1
2007	1	1	2
2008	0	1	1
2010	0	1	1
2011	0	1	1
2012	1	1	2
2013	0	1	1
2014	0	1	1
2017	1	3	4
2018	1	1	2
2020	0	1	1
2023	1	1	2

Below are the most recent publications written about "Phagocytosis" by people in Profiles.

Osorio JC, Smith P, Knorr DA, Ravetch JV. The antitumor activities of anti-CD47 antibodies require Fc-Fc?R interactions. Cancer Cell. 2023 12 11; 41(12):2051-2065.e6.

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Netting DJ, Mantegazza AR. Examining the Kinetics of Phagocytosis-Coupled Inflammasome Activation in Murine Bone Marrow-Derived Dendritic Cells. Methods Mol Biol. 2023; 2692:289-309.

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Zhou Y, Xia X, Yang E, Wang Y, Marra KG, Ethier CR, Schuman JS, Du Y. Adipose-derived stem cells integrate into trabecular meshwork with glaucoma treatment potential. FASEB J. 2020 05; 34(5):7160-7177.

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Campbell KS, Cohen AD, Pazina T. Mechanisms of NK Cell Activation and Clinical Activity of the Therapeutic SLAMF7 Antibody, Elotuzumab in Multiple Myeloma. Front Immunol. 2018; 9:2551.

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Marmorstein AD, Johnson AA, Bachman LA, Andrews-Pfannkoch C, Knudsen T, Gilles BJ, Hill M, Gandhi JK, Marmorstein LY, Pulido JS. Mutant Best1 Expression and Impaired Phagocytosis in an iPSC Model of Autosomal Recessive Bestrophinopathy. Sci Rep. 2018 03 14; 8(1):4487.

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Chen TF, Sazinsky SL, Houde D, DiLillo DJ, Bird J, Li KK, Cheng GT, Qiu H, Engen JR, Ravetch JV, Wittrup KD. Engineering Aglycosylated IgG Variants with Wild-Type or Improved Binding Affinity to Human Fc Gamma RIIA and Fc Gamma RIIIAs. J Mol Biol. 2017 08 04; 429(16):2528-2541.

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Bournazos S, Ravetch JV. Diversification of IgG effector functions. Int Immunol. 2017 07 01; 29(7):303-310.

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Raz A, Serrano A, Lawson C, Thaker M, Alston T, Bournazos S, Ravetch JV, Fischetti VA. Lysibodies are IgG Fc fusions with lysin binding domains targeting Staphylococcus aureus wall carbohydrates for effective phagocytosis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 05 02; 114(18):4781-4786.

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Bournazos S, Ravetch JV. Anti-retroviral antibody Fc?R-mediated effector functions. Immunol Rev. 2017 01; 275(1):285-295.

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Romero F, Shah D, Duong M, Stafstrom W, Hoek JB, Kallen CB, Lang CH, Summer R. Chronic alcohol ingestion in rats alters lung metabolism, promotes lipid accumulation, and impairs alveolar macrophage functions. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2014 Dec; 51(6):840-9.

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