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SUBMITTER: Sapar ML
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6174084 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sapar Maria L ML Ji Hui H Wang Bei B Poe Amy R AR Dubey Kush K Ren Xingjie X Ni Jian-Quan JQ Han Chun C
Cell reports 20180801 9
Phagocytic clearance of degenerating dendrites or axons is critical for maintaining tissue homeostasis and preventing neuroinflammation. Externalized phosphatidylserine (PS) has been postulated to be an "eat-me" signal allowing recognition of degenerating neurites by phagocytes. Here we show that in Drosophila, PS is dynamically exposed on degenerating dendrites during developmental pruning and after physical injury, but PS exposure is suppressed when dendrite degeneration is genetically blocked ...[more]