prophagocytic

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English

Etymology

From pro- +‎ phagocytic.

Adjective

prophagocytic (comparative more prophagocytic, superlative most prophagocytic)

  1. Promoting phagocytic activity.
    • 2015 September 22, “Pre-Clinical Development of a Humanized Anti-CD47 Antibody with Anti-Cancer Therapeutic Potential”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
      As previously reported, RBCs gradually lose CD47 expression as they age, lose sialic acids from glycoproteins and glycolipids, and reorganize membrane phospholipids in a manner that presumably accumulates prophagocytic signals, leading to their elimination by phagocytosis.