Homeostatic removal of cellular 'corpses' within a tissue is determined by the composition of the local 'clearance crew'. Phagocytes that ingest apoptotic cells have been categorized as professional ...

Phagocytic clearance of apoptotic cells may be considered to consist of four distinct steps: accumulation of phagocytes at the site where apoptotic cells are located; recognition of dying cells ...

A team of researchers at the University of Virginia has found that metabolites released during apoptosis induce macrophages to express genes involved in tissue repair—and they also inhibit ...