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Immunology

the engulfment and removal of dying apoptotic cells by phagocytes, a step that limits inflammation and supports tissue repair.

In immunology, efferocytosis refers to the engulfment and removal of dying apoptotic cells by phagocytes, a step that limits inflammation and supports tissue repair. This meaning comes from deCathelineau (2003) in Essays in Biochemistry.[1]

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  1. deCathelineau, A. M., & Henson, P. M. (2003). The final step in programmed cell death: phagocytes carry apoptotic cells to the grave. Essays in Biochemistry, 39, 105-117. https://doi.org/10.1042/bse0390105

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