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 72 publications over 26 distinct years, with a maximum of 6 publications in 2002 and 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	1	5	6
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	3	4
2018	0	1	1
2019	1	1	2
2020	2	0	2
2021	0	1	1
2022	0	1	1
2024	3	2	5
2025	1	2	3

Below are the most recent publications written about "Phagocytosis" by people in Profiles.

Zhou J, Yang Y, Liu S, Chen J, Liao H, Liang W, Zhang Z, Wang Y, Liu Y, Zhang H, Jiang H, Lin W, Qu J, Barger SW, Wu S. Microglial serine racemase knockout alleviates Alzheimer-like neuropathology and behavioral deficit via lactylation-mediated anti-inflammation. Commun Biol. 2026 Feb 25; 9(1).

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Stocks CJ, da Silva RAG, Antypas H, Jeyabalan N, Wong SL, Kline KA. Enterococcus faecalis persists and replicates intracellularly within neutrophils. Infect Immun. 2026 Jan 13; 94(1):e0036425.

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Andrade-Feraud CM, Acanda de la Rocha AM, Berlow NE, Duque S, Velazco A, Castillo D, Holcomb B, Coats ER, Ghurani YR, Lucey CM, Pearson B, Guilarte TR, Azzam DJ. Chronic arsenic exposure of ovarian surface and fallopian tube cultures induces giant and/or multinucleated cells with phagocytosis-like properties and an inflammatory phenotype. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2025 Jul; 500:117394.

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Marcantonio E, Burger AD, Chang KH, Hoffmann FW, Fu Y, Khadka VS, Smagghe BJ, Deng Y, Hoffmann PR, Prisic S. Zinc-limited Mycobacterium tuberculosis stimulate distinct responses in macrophages compared with standard zinc-replete bacteria. Infect Immun. 2025 03 11; 93(3):e0057824.

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Bradley CC, Walker-Franklin I, Kovach A, Sivaraman V, Onyenwoke RU. The effects of flavored vaped e-liquids on cultured human macrophages derived from the central and peripheral nervous systems. Toxicol In Vitro. 2025 Apr; 104:106013.

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Gao L, Manaenko A, Zeng F, Li J, Liu L, Xie R, Zhang X, Zhang JH, Mei Q, Tang J, Hu Q. Efferocytosis: A new therapeutic target for stroke. Chin Med J (Engl). 2024 Dec 05; 137(23):2843-2850.

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Warner S, Teague HL, Ramos-Benitez MJ, Panicker S, Allen K, Gairhe S, Moyer T, Parachalil Gopalan B, Douagi I, Shet A, Kanthi Y, Suffredini AF, Chertow DS, Strich JR. R406 reduces lipopolysaccharide-induced neutrophil activation. Cell Immunol. 2024 Sep-Oct; 403-404:104860.

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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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Church KA, Cardona AE, Hopp SC. Roles in Innate Immunity. Adv Neurobiol. 2024; 37:263-286.

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