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SUBMITTER: Irmscher M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3627080 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Irmscher Matthias M de Jong Arthur M AM Kress Holger H Prins Menno W J MW
Journal of the Royal Society, Interface 20130306 82
The internalization of matter by phagocytosis is of key importance in the defence against bacterial pathogens and in the control of cancerous tumour growth. Despite the fact that phagocytosis is an inherently mechanical process, little is known about the forces and energies that a cell requires for internalization. Here, we use functionalized magnetic particles as phagocytic targets and track their motion while actuating them in an oscillating magnetic field, in order to measure the translationa ...[more]