Cell-in-cell phenomenon: leukocyte engulfment by non-tumorigenic cells and cancer cell lines

Abstract Background Research on cell-in-cell (CIC) phenomena, including entosis, emperipolesis and cannibalism, and their biological implications has increased in recent years. Homotypic and heterotypic engulfment of various target cells by numerous types of host cells has been studied in vitro and...

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Main Authors: Mareike F. Bauer, Michael Hader, Markus Hecht, Maike Büttner-Herold, Rainer Fietkau, Luitpold V. R. Distel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-07-01
Series:BMC Molecular and Cell Biology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12860-021-00377-3