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.

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The engulfing and degradation of microorganisms; other cells that are dead, dying, or pathogenic; and foreign particles by phagocytic cells (PHAGOCYTES).

Descriptor ID	D010587
MeSH Number(s)	G04.417.350 G09.188.665 G12.450.564.809 G12.688
Concept/Terms	Phagocytosis Phagocytosis Phagocytoses

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Biological Sciences [G]
Cell Physiological Phenomena [G04]
Endocytosis [G04.417]
Phagocytosis [G04.417.350]
Circulatory and Respiratory Physiological Phenomena [G09]
Blood Physiological Phenomena [G09.188]
Phagocytosis [G09.188.665]
Immune System Phenomena [G12]
Immunity [G12.450]
Immunity, Innate [G12.450.564]
Phagocytosis [G12.450.564.809]
Phagocytosis [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.

Bar chart showing 61 publications over 23 distinct years, with a maximum of 6 publications in 2005

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	0	1
1998	1	1	2
1999	1	0	1
2001	0	2	2
2002	0	5	5
2003	2	1	3
2004	2	3	5
2005	2	4	6
2006	0	2	2
2007	0	2	2
2008	1	1	2
2009	1	3	4
2010	1	3	4
2011	2	2	4
2012	0	3	3
2013	0	2	2
2015	0	2	2
2016	2	0	2
2017	1	2	3
2019	1	1	2
2020	1	0	1
2022	0	1	1
2024	2	0	2

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da Silva RAG, Stocks CJ, Hu G, Kline KA, Chen J. Bosutinib Stimulates Macrophage Survival, Phagocytosis, and Intracellular Killing of Bacteria. ACS Infect Dis. 2024 05 10; 10(5):1725-1738.

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Campuzano A, Hung CY, Wormley FL. Detection and Quantification of Cryptococcus Uptake by Phagocytic Cells Using Imaging Flow Cytometry. Methods Mol Biol. 2024; 2775:195-209.

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Baba K, Goyal V, Tosini G. Circadian Regulation of Retinal Pigment Epithelium Function. Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Feb 28; 23(5).

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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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Fiala M, Lau YCC, Aghajani A, Bhargava S, Aminpour E, Kaczor-Urbanowicz KE, Mirzoyan H, Nichols I, Ko MW, Morselli M, Santana J, Dang J, Sayre J, Paul K, Pellegrini M. Omega-3 Fatty Acids Increase Amyloid-? Immunity, Energy, and Circadian Rhythm for Cognitive Protection of Alzheimer's Disease Patients Beyond Cholinesterase Inhibitors. J Alzheimers Dis. 2020; 75(3):993-1002.

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Morimoto A, Uchida K, Chambers JK, Sato K, Hong J, Sanjoba C, Matsumoto Y, Yamagishi J, Goto Y. Hemophagocytosis induced by Leishmania donovani?infection is beneficial to parasite survival within macrophages. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2019 11; 13(11):e0007816.

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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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Lloyd YM, Ngati EP, Salanti A, Leke RGF, Taylor DW. A versatile, high through-put, bead-based phagocytosis assay for Plasmodium falciparum. Sci Rep. 2017 10 31; 7(1):14705.

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Costa-Reis P, Sullivan KE. Monogenic lupus: it's all new! Curr Opin Immunol. 2017 Dec; 49:87-95.

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Laurent V, Sengupta A, S?nchez-Breta?o A, Hicks D, Tosini G. Melatonin signaling affects the timing in the daily rhythm of phagocytic activity by the retinal pigment epithelium. Exp Eye Res. 2017 12; 165:90-95.

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