| id | GO:0043277 Detailed information
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| name | apoptotic cell clearance
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| namespace | biological_process
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| def | "The recognition and removal of an apoptotic cell by a neighboring cell or by a phagocyte." [GOC:rk, PMID:14685684]
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| comment | Note that unlike mammals or Drosophila, C. elegans (and many lower organisms) do not have professional macrophages/phagocytes, instead cell corpses are engulfed by neighboring cells. Cell types that can function as engulfing cells include hypodermal cells, gonadal sheath cells, pharyngeal muscle cells, and intestinal cells.
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| synonym | "apoptotic cell removal" EXACT []
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| synonym | "efferocytosis" EXACT [PMID:17548650]
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| synonym | "programmed cell clearance" EXACT []
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| is_a | GO:0006909 ! phagocytosis
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