<P> The removal of dead cells by neighboring phagocytic cells has been termed efferocytosis . Dying cells that undergo the final stages of apoptosis display phagocytotic molecules , such as phosphatidylserine , on their cell surface . Phosphatidylserine is normally found on the inner leaflet surface of the plasma membrane , but is redistributed during apoptosis to the extracellular surface by a protein known as scramblase . These molecules mark the cell for phagocytosis by cells possessing the appropriate receptors , such as macrophages . The removal of dying cells by phagocytes occurs in an orderly manner without eliciting an inflammatory response . During apoptosis cellular RNA and DNA are separated from each other and sorted to different apoptotic bodies ; separation of RNA is initiated as nucleolar segregation . </P>
<P> The removal of dead cells by neighboring phagocytic cells has been termed efferocytosis . Dying cells that undergo the final stages of apoptosis display phagocytotic molecules , such as phosphatidylserine , on their cell surface . Phosphatidylserine is normally found on the inner leaflet surface of the plasma membrane , but is redistributed during apoptosis to the extracellular surface by a protein known as scramblase . These molecules mark the cell for phagocytosis by cells possessing the appropriate receptors , such as macrophages . The removal of dying cells by phagocytes occurs in an orderly manner without eliciting an inflammatory response . During apoptosis cellular RNA and DNA are separated from each other and sorted to different apoptotic bodies ; separation of RNA is initiated as nucleolar segregation . </P>
apoptotic bodies are phagocytized without the process of
apoptotic bodies are phagocytized without the process of
inflammatory response
inflammatory response