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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Mol Med (Berl). 2010 Aug 31;89(1):13–22. doi: 10.1007/s00109-010-0673-7

Fig. 1.

Fig. 1

Steps in the apoptotic cell clearance process. Find-me signals (such as nucleotides) recruit motile phagocytes to the site of death. Exposure of eat-me signals (such as PtdSer) on the apoptotic cell allow for binding/recognition by the engulfment receptors (such as BAI1, TIM-4) on the phagocyte. The recognition is followed by phagocytosis/internalization of the apoptotic cell. The degradation of the apoptotic cell and managing the ingested cellular components then follow.