SnapShot:Macropinocytosis.

Marques, Pedro E; Grinstein, Sergio; Freeman, Spencer A · Cell · 2017

review · Level V

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Abstract

Macropinocytosis is the bulk ingestion of extracellular fluids via large endocytic vacuoles. This SnapShot provides an overview of physiological macropinocytosis in immune surveillance and its pathogenic contribution during infection and cancer proliferation.

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