Polyploidy promotes transformation of epithelial cells into non-professional phagocytes
Yi‐Chun Huang, Caique Almeida Machado Costa, Nicolas Vergara Ruiz…·Wu‐Min Deng
This study shows that polyploidy, induced by Notch signaling, enables epithelial cells to become non-professional phagocytes during stress, facilitating phagocytic functions essential for tissue homeostasis.