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. 2010 Apr 13;20(7):R324-7.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2010.02.043.

Apoptosis: conserved roles for integrins in clearance

Veera D'mello  1 , Raymond B Birge
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Apoptosis: conserved roles for integrins in clearance

Veera D'mello et al. Curr Biol. .
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Abstract

A recent study shows that one of the two known Caenorhabditis elegans homologs of the mammalian integrin alpha subunit plays an essential role in the clearance of apoptotic cells - efferocytosis - during nematode development. These new findings reveal that integrins have evolutionarily conserved functions in efferocytosis in metazoans.

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