prophagocytic

English

Etymology

pro- +‎ phagocytic

Adjective

prophagocytic (comparative more prophagocytic, superlative most prophagocytic)

1. Promoting phagocytic activity.
   • 2015 September 22, “Pre-Clinical Development of a Humanized Anti-CD47 Antibody with Anti-Cancer Therapeutic Potential”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     As previously reported, RBCs gradually lose CD47 expression as they age, lose sialic acids from glycoproteins and glycolipids, and reorganize membrane phospholipids in a manner that presumably accumulates prophagocytic signals, leading to their elimination by phagocytosis.