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ReviewTrends in immunology2017

Patterns, Receptors, and Signals: Regulation of Phagosome Maturation.

Anne-Marie Pauwels, Matthias Trost, Rudi Beyaert, Eik Hoffmann

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Review in Trends in immunology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 140 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

140 citing papers in PubMed.

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  19. Pathogen growth and virulence dynamics drive the host evolution against coinfections.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Anne-Marie PauwelsUnit of Molecular Signal Transduction in Inflammation, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Matthias TrostMRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK; Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK.
Rudi BeyaertUnit of Molecular Signal Transduction in Inflammation, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Eik HoffmannUnit of Molecular Signal Transduction in Inflammation, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; Current address: Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1019 - UMR8204 - CIIL - Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, F-59000 Lille, France. Electronic address: eik.hoffmann@ibl.cnrs.fr.

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_UP_A500_1020Medical Research Council MC_UU_12016/5
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recognition of microbial pathogens and dead cells and their phagocytic uptake by specialized immune cells are essential to maintain host homeostasis. Phagosomes undergo fusion and fission events with endosomal and lysosomal compartments, a process called 'phagosome maturation', which leads to the degradation of the phagosomal content. However, many phagocytic cells also act as antigen-presenting cells and must balance degradation and peptide preservation. Emerging evidence indicates that receptor engagement by phagosomal cargo, as well as inflammatory mediators and cellular activation affect many aspects of phagosome maturation. Unsurprisingly, pathogens have developed strategies to hijack this machinery, thereby interfering with host immunity. Here, we highlight progress in this field, summarize findings on the impact of immune signals, and discuss consequences for pathogen elimination.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntigen PresentationCell DifferentiationEndosomesHumansImmunity, InnateInflammationLysosomesMembrane FusionPhagocytesPhagosomesProteolysisReceptors, Pattern RecognitionSignal TransductionReceptors, Pattern Recognitionantigen presentationhost–pathogen interactionimmune responseinflammationphagocytosisphagosome maturation

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PMID28416446
PMCPMC5455985

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