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Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard

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Biology

Visualizing the Early Stages of Phagocytosis

Ali 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.