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Surprising mechanism for removing dead cells identified (phys.org)

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By diverting their attention towards eating their dying neighbors, HFSCs keep inflammation-generating immune cells away

The findings have applications beyond the hair follicle, because it is only one of several areas of the body where there are few professional phagocytes around. In regions of the brain, breasts, and lungs, for example, epithelial and mesenchymal tissue cells, including stem cells, moonlight as ersatz phagocytes.

Stem cells tightly regulate dead cell clearance to maintain tissue fitness

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07855-6

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