Endothelial Cells Use a Formin-Dependent Phagocytosis-Like Process to Internalize the Bacterium Listeria monocytogenes.
Vascular endothelial cells act as gatekeepers that protect underlying tissue from blood-borne toxins and pathogens. Nevertheless, endothelial cells are able to internalize large fibrin clots and apoptotic debris from the bloodstream, although the precise mechanism of such phagocytosis-like uptake is...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2016-05-01
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Series: | PLoS Pathogens |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4859537?pdf=render |