Visualizing the Early Stages of PhagocytosisAli Rashidfarrokhi *2, Veronica Richina *2, Fikadu G. Tafesse 1,2
1Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, Oregon Health & Science University, 2Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard
Here we describe a microscope-based technique to visualize and quantify the early cascades of events during phagocytosis of pathogens such as the fungi Candida albicans and particulates that are larger than 0.5 µm including zymosan and IgG-coated beads.
