After cell death: the molecular machinery of efferocytosis

Autor: Byeongjin Moon, Susumin Yang, Hyunji Moon, Juyeon Lee, Daeho Park
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Experimental and Molecular Medicine, Vol 55, Iss 8, Pp 1644-1651 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2092-6413
DOI: 10.1038/s12276-023-01070-5
Popis: Abstract Cells constituting a multicellular organism die in a variety of ways throughout life, and most of them die via apoptosis under normal conditions. The occurrence of apoptosis is especially prevalent during development and in tissues with a high cellular turnover rate, such as the thymus and bone marrow. Interestingly, although the number of apoptotic cells produced daily is known to be innumerable in a healthy adult human body, apoptotic cells are rarely observed. This absence is due to the existence of a cellular process called efferocytosis that efficiently clears apoptotic cells. Studies over the past decades have focused on how phagocytes are able to remove apoptotic cells specifically, swiftly, and continuously, resulting in defined molecular and cellular events. In this review, we will discuss the current understanding of the clearance of apoptotic cells at the molecular level.
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