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SUBMITTER: Paul D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3762343 | biostudies-other | 2013 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Paul Debjani D Achouri Sarra S Yoon Young-Zoon YZ Herre Jurgen J Bryant Clare E CE Cicuta Pietro P
Biophysical journal 20130901 5
A complete understanding of phagocytosis requires insight into both its biochemical and physical aspects. One of the ways to explore the physical mechanism of phagocytosis is to probe whether and how the target properties (e.g., size, shape, surface states, stiffness, etc.) affect their uptake. Here we report an imaging-based method to explore phagocytosis kinetics, which is compatible with real-time imaging and can be used to validate existing reports using fixed and stained cells. We measure s ...[more]