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[engulfment of cells undergoing cell death, removal of apoptotic cells, phagocytosis of apoptotic cells, uptake of apoptotic cells, engulfment of apoptotic cells, clearance of apoptotic cells]
[from effero: to bury, to carry to the grave; deCathelineau and Henson, 2003] A term coined to describe the orderly and regulated and usually highly efficient removal by phagocytosis of apoptotic cells from tissues by professional phagocytes such as macrophages or dendritic cells and other cells with phagocytic activity such as fibroblasts, smooth muscle cells, and stromal cells, hepatocytes, endothelial cells, epithelial cells, and others (deCathelineau and Henson, 2003). The general term
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