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The 45 pages that link to Phagocytosis, each with the reason it gives.

• ApoptosisRelated: Phagocytes remove apoptotic bodies before their contents spill into surrounding tissue.

• InflammationRelated: Phagocytes remove microbes and damaged material at inflamed sites.

• Endosymbiotic theoryRelated: Engulfment offers a plausible route by which an ancestral cell could capture a bacterial partner.

• Complement systemRelated: Complement often marks pathogens for phagocytosis rather than engulfing them itself.

• LysosomeRelated: Phagocytosed microbes and debris can be delivered to lysosomes for destruction.

• NeutrophilRelated: Neutrophils ingest microbes and debris through this central defense process.

• MacrophageNarrower topic: Macrophages use this process to remove microbes and cellular debris.

• ActinRelated: Actin-driven membrane remodeling surrounds particles during engulfment.

• EndocytosisCompared with: It is often distinguished from small-vesicle uptake by its large cargo and specialized machinery.

• ProtistRelated: Amoeboid protists capture food by enclosing prey or particles with their cell membranes.

• Primary endosymbiosisRelated: Engulfment offers a route by which an ancestral eukaryote could take up a cyanobacterium.

• EukaryogenesisRelated: Whether an early host could engulf bacteria bears on how mitochondrial endosymbiosis began.

• Pattern recognition receptorRelated: Some pattern-recognition receptors promote engulfment as well as immune signaling.

• Gastrovascular cavityRelated: Some cavity-lining cells engulf food particles that extracellular digestion has only partly broken down.

• ChoanoflagellateRelated: Captured bacteria are engulfed at the collar's base and digested inside the cell.

• MonocyteRelated: Monocytes can engulf pathogens before and after differentiating into tissue cells.

• AmoebaRelated: Amoebas commonly take in food by surrounding it with pseudopodia.

• Bacterial capsuleRelated: Capsules can make bacterial cells harder for phagocytes to engulf.

• ChoanocyteRelated: Choanocytes can engulf food captured on their collars.

• Élie MetchnikoffBroader topic: Metchnikoff identified this process as a defense against invading microbes.

• EuglenidRelated: Some nonphotosynthetic euglenids obtain nutrients by engulfing food particles.

• AmoebozoaRelated: Many amoebozoans obtain food by engulfing bacteria and other small particles.

• Capsular polysaccharideRelated: A capsule can make bacterial cells harder for immune cells to engulf.

• Chronic granulomatous diseaseNarrower topic: Engulfment remains possible, but intracellular killing is impaired.

• ParameciumRelated: Food gathered at the oral groove enters Paramecium through this process.

• RadiolariaRelated: Radiolarians obtain food by engulfing prey and other particles.

• Dictyostelium discoideumRelated: The amoeba captures and ingests bacterial prey by phagocytosis.

• RhizariaRelated: Many rhizarians use pseudopodia to capture prey and bring it into the cell.

• White blood cellRelated: Neutrophils and monocytes use phagocytosis to ingest microbes and debris.

• CiliateRelated: Many ciliates take in bacteria and other prey by engulfing them.

• PhagocyteNarrower topic: This process is the defining way phagocytes take up microbes and debris.

• Thomas Cavalier-SmithRelated: He treated feeding by engulfment as a key step in early eukaryotic cell evolution.

• Jules BordetRelated: Bordet connected antibody-mediated changes to enhanced cellular uptake of bacteria.

• PlacozoaRelated: Placozoan cells take up food particles after external digestion.

• ProtozoaRelated: Many protozoa obtain food by enclosing bacteria or other particles.

• Ingestion (biology)Broader topic: Some single-celled organisms ingest food particles by engulfing them directly.

• MyxogastriaRelated: Feeding cells obtain nutrients by engulfing bacteria and other food particles.

• PhosphatidylserineNarrower topic: Phosphatidylserine exposure promotes phagocytic removal of dying cells.

• AphelidaRelated: In aphelids, the host cell engulfs the infective spore, bringing it inside.

• Cell Physiological PhenomenaBroader topic: This specialized cellular activity lets immune cells capture pathogens and debris.

• EmperipolesisCompared with: Unlike phagocytosis, emperipolesis does not inherently destroy the internalized cell.

• Head kidneyRelated: Phagocytic cells in head-kidney tissue help remove pathogens and debris.

• ProtistologyRelated: Many protists obtain food by engulfing bacteria, prey, or organic particles.

• Slime moldRelated: Amoeboid slime-mold cells consume bacteria and other food by engulfing them.

• TrichoplaxRelated: Some food particles are taken up by cells after external digestion.