Journal
CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY
Volume 66, Issue -, Pages 112-122Publisher
CURRENT BIOLOGY LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2020.05.011
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Phagocytosis; Macrophages; Neutrophils; Cytoskeleton; Cell mechanics; Membrane tension
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- Cancer Research Institute (CRI) through a CRI Irvington postdoctoral fellowship
- Stanford Medical Scientist Training Program, National Institutes of Health [T32GM007365]
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Phagocytosis is a widespread and evolutionarily conserved process with diverse biological functions, ranging from engulfment of invading microbes during infection to clearance of apoptotic debris in tissue homeostasis. Along with differences in biochemical composition, phagocytic targets greatly differ in physical attributes, such as size, shape, and rigidity, which are now recognized as important regulators of this process. Force exertion at the cell-target interface and cellular mechanical changes during phagocytosis are emerging as crucial factors underlying sensing of such target properties. With technological developments, mechanical aspects of phagocytosis are increasingly accessible experimentally, revealing remarkable organizational complexity of force exertion. An increasingly high-resolution picture is emerging of how target physical cues and cellular mechanical properties jointly govern important steps throughout phagocytic engulfment.
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