Abstract: Trogocytosis is a process of exchanging part of the membrane fragment or cytoplasmic content of cells through direct contact, and it's an interaction mechanism that exists between cells. Immune cell can obtain some characteristics of other cells through trogocytosis, and the new cells generated through trogocytosis may play an important role in the induction of graft immune tolerance. In this article, the origin and development of research on cell trogocytosis, mechanism of cell trogocytosis and biological significance of trogocytosis of immune cell were reviewed.