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SUBMITTER: Bonsignore P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7026191 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bonsignore Patrizia P Kuiper Johannes W P JWP Adrian Jonas J Goob Griseldis G Hauck Christof R CR
Frontiers in immunology 20200211
Phagocytosis is one of the key innate defense mechanisms executed by specialized cells in multicellular animals. Recent evidence suggests that a particular phagocytic receptor expressed by human polymorphonuclear granulocytes, the carcinoembryonic antigen-related cell adhesion molecule 3 (CEACAM3), is one of the fastest-evolving human proteins. In this focused review, we will try to resolve the conundrum why a conserved process such as phagocytosis is conducted by a rapidly changing receptor. Th ...[more]