Planteome: Term Details for "apoptotic cell clearance" (GO:0043277)

Accession: GO:0043277
Name: apoptotic cell clearance
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: apoptotic cell removal, efferocytosis, programmed cell clearance
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: The recognition and removal of an apoptotic cell by a neighboring cell or by a phagocyte. Source: PMID:14685684, GOC:rk
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.
History: See term history for GO:0043277 at QuickGO
Subset: None
Related: Link to all annotated objects annotated to apoptotic cell clearance.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to apoptotic cell clearance.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for apoptotic cell clearance.
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subject	relation	object
apoptotic cell clearance	is_a	phagocytosis (GO:0006909)

subject	relation	object
regulation of apoptotic cell clearance (GO:2000425)	RO:0002211	apoptotic cell clearance
recognition of apoptotic cell (GO:0043654)	BFO:0000050	apoptotic cell clearance
phagosome maturation involved in apoptotic cell clearance (GO:0090386)	BFO:0000050	apoptotic cell clearance
positive regulation of apoptotic cell clearance (GO:2000427)	RO:0002213	apoptotic cell clearance
neutrophil clearance (GO:0097350)	is_a	apoptotic cell clearance
engulfment of apoptotic cell (GO:0043652)	BFO:0000050	apoptotic cell clearance
negative regulation of apoptotic cell clearance (GO:2000426)	RO:0002212	apoptotic cell clearance

apoptotic cell clearance