Preferred Label : Cell-in-Cell formation;
MeSH definition : The mechanisms by which a cell becomes internalized in another. The host cell may
engulf another as do PHAGOCYTIC CELLS, or the host cell may be invaded by another
cell (ENTOSIS), or internalization processes may involve the cooperation of both the
host cell and the cell being internalized. Viable cells may remain in non-phagocytic
cells (EMPERIPOLESIS), undergo cell division, pass through and then out of the host
cell (TRANSCELLULAR CELL MIGRATION), or trigger APOPTOSIS of the invaded cell.;
MeSH synonym : cell in cell formation;
Origin ID : D057686;
UMLS CUI : C2936218;
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The mechanisms by which a cell becomes internalized in another. The host cell may
engulf another as do PHAGOCYTIC CELLS, or the host cell may be invaded by another
cell (ENTOSIS), or internalization processes may involve the cooperation of both the
host cell and the cell being internalized. Viable cells may remain in non-phagocytic
cells (EMPERIPOLESIS), undergo cell division, pass through and then out of the host
cell (TRANSCELLULAR CELL MIGRATION), or trigger APOPTOSIS of the invaded cell.
