Dendritic cells (DCs) are antigen-presenting cells with a unique ability to induce primary
immune responses. DCs capture and transfer information from the outside world to the cells …

Dendritic cells take up antigens in peripheral tissues, process them into proteolytic peptides,
and load these peptides onto major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I and II …

Non-phagocytic eukaryotic cells can internalize particles< 1 µm in size, encompassing
pathogens, liposomes for drug delivery or lipoplexes applied in gene delivery. In the present …

Although viruses are simple in structure and composition, their interactions with host cells
are complex. Merely to gain entry, animal viruses make use of a repertoire of cellular …

Although they were discovered more than 50 years ago, caveolae have remained enigmatic
plasmalemmal organelles. With their characteristic “flasklike” shape and virtually ubiquitous …

Caveolae are flask‐shaped invaginations present in the plasma membrane of many cell
types. They have long been implicated in endocytosis, transcytosis, and cell signaling …

Introduction• Cavolae on the plasma membrane• Internalization of caveolae‐Are caveolae
stable, immobile invaginations at the plasma membrane?‐Caveolar budding and pinching …

Numerous virus families utilize endocytosis to infect host cells, mediating virus
internalization as well as trafficking to the site of replication. Recent research has …

Prostaglandins have a central role in many endocrine functions in mammals, including
regulation of the life span of the corpus luteum by prostaglandin F2α (PGF) and …

Previous studies compared uptake by dendritic cells (DC) of 20, 40, 100, 200, 500, 1000,
and 2000 nm beads in vivo. When beads were used as antigen carriers, bead size …