The immune system has to cope with a wide range of irregularly shaped pathogens that can
actively move (eg, by flagella) and also dynamically remodel their shape (eg, transition from …

Neutrophils are predominant immune cells that protect the human body against infections by
deploying sophisticated antimicrobial strategies including phagocytosis of bacteria and …

Cells of the innate immune system, notably macrophages, neutrophils and dendritic cells,
perform essential antimicrobial and homeostatic functions. These functions rely on the …

Phagocytosis requires rapid actin reorganization and spatially controlled force generation to
ingest targets ranging from pathogens to apoptotic cells. How actomyosin activity directs …

Neutrophils are the most abundant circulating leukocyte and are crucial to the initial innate
immune response to infection. One of their key pathogen‐eliminating mechanisms is …

Phagocytosis is the process of engulfment and internalization of comparatively large
particles by cells, and plays a central role in the functioning of our immune system. We study …

Spike-like nanostructures are omnipresent in natural and artificial systems. Although
biorecognition of nanostructures to cellular receptors has been indicated as the primary …

Extracellular vesicles (EVs), spherical biological vesicles, mainly contain nucleic acids,
proteins, lipids and metabolites for biological information transfer between cells …

Phagocytosis is a widespread and evolutionarily conserved process with diverse biological
functions, ranging from engulfment of invading microbes during infection to clearance of …

Efferocytosis, the process through which apoptotic cells (ACs) are cleared through actin-
mediated engulfment by macrophages, prevents secondary necrosis, suppresses …