Phagosomes

"Phagosomes" 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.

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Membrane-bound cytoplasmic vesicles formed by invagination of phagocytized material. They fuse with lysosomes to form phagolysosomes in which the hydrolytic enzymes of the lysosome digest the phagocytized material.

Descriptor ID	D010588
MeSH Number(s)	A11.284.430.214.190.875.190.700
Concept/Terms	Phagosomes Phagosomes Phagosome Phagolysosomes Phagolysosomes Phagolysosome

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Anatomy [A]
Cells [A11]
Cellular Structures [A11.284]
Intracellular Space [A11.284.430]
Cytoplasm [A11.284.430.214]
Cytoplasmic Structures [A11.284.430.214.190]
Organelles [A11.284.430.214.190.875]
Cytoplasmic Vesicles [A11.284.430.214.190.875.190]
Phagosomes [A11.284.430.214.190.875.190.700]

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Phagosomes
Autophagosomes

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2001	0	1	1
2005	1	1	2
2006	1	0	1
2007	1	3	4
2008	2	0	2
2009	2	0	2
2010	1	1	2
2011	0	2	2
2016	0	1	1
2018	1	0	1
2019	0	2	2
2020	0	1	1
2025	1	0	1

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Armina-Rodriguez A, Vald?s Fernandez BN, Ocasio-Malav? C, Cantres Rosario YM, Carrasquillo Carri?n K, Mel?ndez LM, Roche Lima A, Tosado Rodriguez EL, Espino AM. Quantitative Proteomics Reveals Fh15 as an Antagonist of TLR4 Downregulating the Activation of NF-?B, Inducible Nitric Oxide, Phagosome Signaling Pathways, and Oxidative Stress of LPS-Stimulated Macrophages. Int J Mol Sci. 2025 Jul 18; 26(14).

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Goyal V, DeVera C, Laurent V, Sellers J, Chrenek MA, Hicks D, Baba K, Iuvone PM, Tosini G. Dopamine 2 Receptor Signaling Controls the Daily Burst in Phagocytic Activity in the Mouse Retinal Pigment Epithelium. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2020 05 11; 61(5):10.

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Kavetsky L, Green KK, Boyle BR, Yousufzai FAK, Padron ZM, Melli SE, Kuhnel VL, Jackson HM, Blanco RE, Howell GR, Soto I. Increased interactions and engulfment of dendrites by microglia precede Purkinje cell degeneration in a mouse model of Niemann Pick Type-C. Sci Rep. 2019 10 11; 9(1):14722.

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Tiwari S, Casey R, Goulding CW, Hingley-Wilson S, Jacobs WR. Infect and Inject: How Mycobacterium tuberculosis Exploits Its Major Virulence-Associated Type VII Secretion System, ESX-1. Microbiol Spectr. 2019 05; 7(3).

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Trivedi NH, Yu JJ, Hung CY, Doelger RP, Navara CS, Armitige LY, Seshu J, Sinai AP, Chambers JP, Guentzel MN, Arulanandam BP. Microbial co-infection alters macrophage polarization, phagosomal escape, and microbial killing. Innate Immun. 2018 04; 24(3):152-162.

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Kraft LJ, Dowler J, Manral P, Kenworthy AK. Size, organization, and dynamics of soluble SQSTM1 and LC3-SQSTM1 complexes in living cells. Autophagy. 2016 09; 12(9):1660-74.

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Kim BH, Shenoy AR, Kumar P, Das R, Tiwari S, MacMicking JD. A family of IFN-?-inducible 65-kD GTPases protects against bacterial infection. Science. 2011 May 06; 332(6030):717-21.

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Chinzei R, Masuda A, Nishiumi S, Nishida M, Onoyama M, Sanuki T, Fujita T, Moritoh S, Itoh T, Kutsumi H, Mizuno S, Azuma T, Yoshida M. Vitamin K3 attenuates cerulein-induced acute pancreatitis through inhibition of the autophagic pathway. Pancreas. 2011 Jan; 40(1):84-94.

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Xia X, Kar R, Gluhak-Heinrich J, Yao W, Lane NE, Bonewald LF, Biswas SK, Lo WK, Jiang JX. Glucocorticoid-induced autophagy in osteocytes. J Bone Miner Res. 2010 Nov; 25(11):2479-88.

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Rodriguez AR, Yu JJ, Murthy AK, Guentzel MN, Klose KE, Forsthuber TG, Chambers JP, Berton MT, Arulanandam BP. Mast cell/IL-4 control of Francisella tularensis replication and host cell death is associated with increased ATP production and phagosomal acidification. Mucosal Immunol. 2011 Mar; 4(2):217-26.

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