A quantitative method for measuring innate phagocytosis by human monocytes using real-time flow cytometry

A rare functional haplotype of the P2RX4 and P2RX7 genes leads to loss of innate phagocytosis and confers increased risk of age-related macular degeneration

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Defective Phagocytosis in Airways Disease

(2012) Louise E. Donnelly et al.   CHEST

P2X7 Receptor-mediated Scavenger Activity of Mononuclear Phagocytes toward Non-opsonized Particles and Apoptotic Cells Is Inhibited by Serum Glycoproteins but Remains Active in Cerebrospinal Fluid

(2012) Ben J. Gu et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

P2X7 Is a Scavenger Receptor for Apoptotic Cells in the Absence of Its Ligand, Extracellular ATP

(2011) B. J. Gu et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Autoimmunity and the Clearance of Dead Cells

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The role of calcium signaling in phagocytosis

(2010) Paula Nunes et al.   JOURNAL OF LEUKOCYTE BIOLOGY

The P2X7-nonmuscle myosin membrane complex regulates phagocytosis of nonopsonized particles and bacteria by a pathway attenuated by extracellular ATP

(2009) B. J. Gu et al.   BLOOD

Role of Particle Size in Phagocytosis of Polymeric Microspheres

(2008) Julie A. Champion et al.   PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH