Term Information

Accession
GO:0043652
Name
engulfment of apoptotic cell
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
engulfment of apoptotic cell corpse, engulfment of cell corpse
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The removal of the apoptotic cell by phagocytosis, by a neighboring cell or by a phagocyte. Source: PMID:15536015, GOC:rk
Comment
This term should be used to annotate gene products from the engulfing cell that facilitate phagocytosis of apoptotic cells. It should not be mistaken with GO:0070782 'phosphatidylserine exposure on apoptotic cell surface', a process occurring in apoptotic cells that acts as a signal for engulfing cells. If gene products involved in such instances of phosphatidylserine exposure are shown to have a positive effect on engulfment, they may be annotated to GO:1901076 'positive regulation of engulfment of apoptotic cell'.
History
See term history for GO:0043652 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of engulfment of apoptotic cell (GO:0043652)
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engulfment of apoptotic cell [is_a relation] is_a  phagocytosis, engulfment (GO:0006911)
engulfment of apoptotic cell [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  apoptotic cell clearance (GO:0043277)
Children of engulfment of apoptotic cell (GO:0043652)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
regulation of engulfment of apoptotic cell (GO:1901074) [RO:0002211 relation] RO:0002211  engulfment of apoptotic cell
positive regulation of engulfment of apoptotic cell (GO:1901076) [RO:0002213 relation] RO:0002213  engulfment of apoptotic cell
negative regulation of engulfment of apoptotic cell (GO:1901075) [RO:0002212 relation] RO:0002212  engulfment of apoptotic cell
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