As microbes invade the human body, phagocytic cells such as macrophages spring into action to clear the intruders. These cells extend arm-like projections and wrap them around the microbes before ...

September 22, 2025) LC3-associated phagocytosis (LAP) is a specialized process for degrading dead cells, microbes or other ...

What is the evidence that these three genes act as apoptotic regulators? First, as stated above, deletions that remove combinations of these genes have significant effects on the amount of cell death ...

Macrophages rely on lysosomes to balance microbial killing with self-protection, generating reactive oxygen and nitrogen ...

FAMU-FSU College of Engineering researchers have created a new method for studying protein degradation within immune cells that uses engineered microparticles to track and analyze degradation ...