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Drugging the efferocytosis process: concepts and opportunities

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Mehrotra, Parul, Ravichandran, Kodi S.·2022·Nature Reviews Drug Discovery

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The daily removal of billions of apoptotic cells in the human body via the process of efferocytosis is essential for homeostasis. To allow for this continuous efferocytosis, rapid phenotypic changes occur in the phagocytes enabling them to engulf and digest the apoptotic cargo. In addition, efferocytosis is actively anti-inflammatory and promotes resolution. Owing to its ubiquitous nature and the sheer volume of cell turnover, efferocytosis is a point of vulnerability. Aberrations in efferocytosis are associated with numerous inflammatory pathologies, including atherosclerosis, cancer and infections. The recent exciting discoveries defining the molecular machinery involved in efferocytosis have opened many avenues for therapeutic intervention, with several agents now in clinical trials.

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Authors
Mehrotra, P., & Ravichandran, K. S.
Affiliations
  • VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research (BE)
  • Washington University in St. Louis (US)
Corresponding author
Ravichandran, Kodi S.
Venue
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery
Published
2022-06-01
Volume
21
Issue
8
Pages
601-620
ISSN
  • 1474-1776 (ISSN-L)
  • 1474-1784
OpenAlex
W4281737563
Cited by
459
References
231
Citations by year
2026: 130 · 2025: 153 · 2024: 104 · 2023: 66 · 2022: 6
FWCI
8.88
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Nature Reviews Drug Discovery (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (P01HL120840)
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R35GM122542)
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (R01AI159551)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Cell death mechanisms and regulation
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
Keywords
efferocytosis, phagocytes, anti-inflammatory mechanism, inflammation resolution, therapeutic target, atherosclerosis, cancer, infection
MeSH terms
Homeostasis, Humans, Phagocytes, Phagocytosis, Apoptosis, Atherosclerosis

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