title: Sir Marc Armand Ruffer and Giulio Bizzozero: the first reports on efferocytosis.
abstract: Sir Marc Armand Ruffer, a physician and a bacteriologist, well-known for his discoveries in paleopathology, and Giulio Bizzozero, an Italian pathologist, famous for his work on platelets, have made significant contributions in the field of phagocytosis. They both reported among the very first descriptions of efferocytosis.
authors.affiliation: Institut Pasteur, 28 rue Dr. Roux, Paris, France. jean-marc.cavaillon@pasteur.fr
authors.forename: Jean-Marc
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Cavaillon
mesh_terms: D000486:Allergy and Immunology / Q000266:history*; D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000502:physiology; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D010587:Phagocytosis / Q000502:physiology*