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Molecular suicide notes: last call from apoptosing cells Free
Christoph Peter, Sebastian Wesselborg, and Kirsten Lauber*
Section of Molecular Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Tuebingen, Otfried-Mueller-Str. 10, D-72076 Tuebingen, Germany *Correspondence to:Kirsten Lauber, Tel: +49-7071-29-83137; Fax +49-7071-29-4680; E-mail: kirsten.lauber@med.uni-tuebingen.de
J Mol Cell Biol, Volume 2, Issue 2, April 2010, 78-80,  https://doi.org/10.1093/jmcb/mjp045

Dying cells actively attract professional phagocytes by sending out soluble "find-me" signals. The characterization and identification of the corresponding molecular entities have revealed that "find-me" signals come in different flavors, including peptides, proteins, lipids and complex structures, such as apoptotic microblebs. With the very recent report by Elliott et al., nucleotides as a novel nuance enter the menu.