Cell biologists have been intrigued by endocytosis ever since Ilya Metchnikoff described the phenomenon of phagocytosis, a form of endocytosis that uses vesicles to internalize solid particles.

Clathrin-mediated endocytosis An endocytic process driven by the formation of a clathrin-coat on the cytoplasmic leaflet of the plasma membrane. Phagocytosis Actin-mediated specialized processes ...

They boost the cells’ metabolism, phagocytosis, and antigen presentation ... are actively transported into the brain by endothelial cells via receptor-mediated endocytosis (Jul 2020 news). The ...