title: Embryonic Trogocytosis: Neighborly Nibbling during Development.
abstract: New work in Caenorhabditis elegans shows that during embryogenesis endodermal cells interact with and regulate primordial germ cells by actively excising and digesting germ cell lobes. Endodermal cells utilize proteins linked to endocytosis to perform this unique 'cannibalistic' process.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology and the Center for Cell Clearance, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
authors.forename: Justin S A
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Perry
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology and the Center for Cell Clearance, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA. Electronic address: Ravi@virginia.edu.
authors.forename: Kodi S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Ravichandran
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans; D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; D057899:Cytophagocytosis; D047108:Embryonic Development; D004707:Endoderm; D005854:Germ Cells
chemical_list: D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins