Author Correction: Non-professional phagocytosis: a general feature of normal tissue cells.

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Non-professional phagocytosis: a general feature of normal tissue cells.

Non-professional phagocytosis by cancer cells has been described for decades. Recently, non-professional phagocytosis by normal tissue cells has been reported, which prompted us to take a closer look at this phenomenon. Non-professional phagocytosis was studied by staining cultured cells with live-cell staining dyes or by staining paraffin-embedded tissues by immunohistochemistry.