 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.
The engulfing and degradation of microorganisms; other cells that are dead, dying, or pathogenic; and foreign particles by phagocytic cells (PHAGOCYTES).
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D010587
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G04.417.350 G09.188.665 G12.450.564.809 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.
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| 1998 | 5 | 0 | 5 | | 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2000 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2001 | 5 | 4 | 9 | | 2002 | 2 | 4 | 6 | | 2003 | 2 | 4 | 6 | | 2004 | 3 | 4 | 7 | | 2005 | 4 | 4 | 8 | | 2006 | 5 | 3 | 8 | | 2007 | 6 | 4 | 10 | | 2008 | 5 | 6 | 11 | | 2009 | 5 | 3 | 8 | | 2010 | 2 | 4 | 6 | | 2011 | 6 | 7 | 13 | | 2012 | 3 | 8 | 11 | | 2013 | 1 | 9 | 10 | | 2014 | 5 | 7 | 12 | | 2015 | 6 | 5 | 11 | | 2016 | 1 | 5 | 6 | | 2017 | 7 | 3 | 10 | | 2018 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2019 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2020 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2021 | 3 | 5 | 8 | | 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2023 | 0 | 7 | 7 | | 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2025 | 6 | 3 | 9 | | 2026 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Phagocytosis" by people in Profiles.
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Tang AH, Soler NM, Karlic KI, Corcilius L, Clarke-Shepperson CE, Lehmann C, Debowski AW, Dale AL, Zavan L, Cielesh M, Adewale AP, Moulton KD, Li L, Guan C, McCrory C, Kaparakis-Liaskos M, Howden BP, Sherry NL, Wei R, Li X, Hall RM, Kenyon JJ, Wakim LM, Short FL, Dube DH, Cordwell SJ, Larance M, Stubbs KA, Carter GP, Scott NE, Goddard-Borger ED, Payne RJ. Uncovering bacterial pseudaminylation with pan-specific antibody tools. Nat Chem Biol. 2026 Apr; 22(4):622-633.
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Choi DJ, Murali S, Kwon W, Woo J, Song EC, Ko Y, Sardar D, Lozzi B, Cheng YT, Williamson MR, Huang TW, Sanchez K, Jankowsky J, Deneen B. Astrocytic Sox9 overexpression in Alzheimer's disease mouse models promotes Aß plaque phagocytosis and preserves cognitive function. Nat Neurosci. 2026 Jan; 29(1):88-99.
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Lakshmanachetty S, Riemondy K, Sanford B, Donson A, Chen V, Balakrishnan I, Prince EW, Hankinson T, Dahl N, Vibhakar R, Foreman N, Venkatraman S, Mitra SS. Differential phagocytosis induces diverse macrophage activation states in malignant gliomas. J Immunother Cancer. 2025 Sep 05; 13(9).
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Bersie SM, McCubbrey AL. Heterogeneity of Lung Phagocytes and Clearance of Apoptotic Cells in Lung Injury and Repair. Semin Respir Crit Care Med. 2025 Aug; 46(4):311-321.
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Kwan MMC, Day NB, Konigsberg IR, Thoresen E, Harrell AG, Busch CE, Davidson EJ, Yang IV, Shields CW. Particle Shape Modulates the Function of Adoptive Macrophage Transfers. Adv Healthc Mater. 2025 Dec; 14(31):e01348.
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Wilson CE, Lasher RS, Salcedo E, Yang R, Dzowo Y, Kinnamon JC, Finger TE. Death in the Taste Bud: Engulfment of Dying Taste Receptor Cells by Glial-Like Type I Cells. Glia. 2025 Aug; 73(8):1660-1672.
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Bhattacharya M, Scherr TD, Lister J, Kielian T, Horswill AR. Extracellular adherence proteins reduce matrix porosity and enhance Staphylococcus aureus biofilm survival during prosthetic joint infection. Infect Immun. 2025 04 08; 93(4):e0008625.
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Wheeler EA, Lenhart-Pendergrass PM, Rysavy NM, Poch KR, Caceres SM, Calhoun KM, Serban KA, Nick JA, Malcolm KC. Divergent host humoral innate immune response to the smooth-to-rough adaptation of Mycobacterium abscessus in chronic infection. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2025; 15:1445660.
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Lesbats J, Brillac A, Reisz JA, Mukherjee P, Lhuissier C, Fernández-Monreal M, Dupuy JW, Sequeira A, Tioli G, De La Calle Arregui C, Pinson B, Wendisch D, Rousseau B, Efeyan A, Sander LE, D'Alessandro A, Garaude J. Macrophages recycle phagocytosed bacteria to fuel immunometabolic responses. Nature. 2025 Apr; 640(8058):524-533.
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Chiaro TR, Greenewood M, Bauer KM, Ost KS, Stephen-Victor E, Murphy M, Weis AM, Nelson MC, Hill JH, Bell R, Voth W, Jackson T, Klag KA, O'Connell RM, Zac Stephens W, Round JL. Clec12a controls colitis by tempering inflammation and restricting expansion of specific commensals. Cell Host Microbe. 2025 Jan 08; 33(1):89-103.e7.
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