Abstract
The uptake of apoptotic cells by phagocytes is defined as efferocytosis. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Martin et al. (2012) and Yang et al. (2012) report that macrophage- and neutrophil-mediated efferocytosis of apoptotic cells containing mycobacteria is an innate antibacterial effector mechanism.
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