Phagolysosome

A phagolysosome is a cytoplasmic body formed by the fusion of a phagosome, containing ingested particles, with a lysosome containing hydrolytic enzymes. After fusion, the food particles or pathogens contained within the phagosome are usually digested by the hydrolytic enzymes contained within the lysosome. Products of the digestion are either moved into the cytoplasm (useful materials) or exported by exocytosis. Phagolysosome formation follows phagocytosis. It is common in immunological functions of macrophages and forms the home of several infectious agents including Leishmania.

External links

Phagolysosomes at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Structures of the cell / organelles (TH H1.00.01.2-3)

Endomembrane system	Cell membrane Nucleus Nucleolus Endoplasmic reticulum Golgi apparatus Parenthesome Autophagosome Vesicles Exosome Lysosome Endosome Phagosome Vacuole Acrosome Cytoplasmic granules Melanosome Microbody Glyoxysome Peroxisome Weibel–Palade body

Cytoskeleton	Microfilaments Intermediate filaments Microtubules Prokaryotic cytoskeleton MTOCs Centrosome Centriole Basal body Spindle pole body Myofibril

Endosymbionts	Mitochondrion Plastids Chloroplast Chromoplast Gerontoplast Leucoplast Amyloplast Elaioplast Proteinoplast Tannosome

Other internal	RNA Ribosome Spliceosome Vault Cytoplasm Proteasome

External	Undulipodium Cilium Flagellum Axoneme Radial spoke Extracellular matrix Cell wall

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