Record Identifier: | 276019 |
Title: | Macropinocytosis : |
Authorstatement: | Commisso, Cosimo, ; editor ; |
Date of Publish: | 2022 |
Publisher: | Springer |
ISBN: | 9783030940041 ; (electronic bk.) ; |
ISBN: | 3030940047 ; (electronic bk.) ; |
ISBN: | 9783030940034 ; |
ISBN: | 3030940039 ; |
Subject: | Endocytosis. ; |
LC classes: | QH634 ; .M33 2022 ; |
Dewey Classes: | 571.6 ; 23/eng/20220414 ; |
This book presents the functions and mechanisms of macropinocytosis, an actin-driven endocytic uptake process. Key points, including the evolutionary origins of macropinocytosis and major signaling pathways that regulate this uptake mechanism, are highlighted. A wide-array of functions of macropinocytosis are described, including cellular metabolism, cell death, cell migration and antigen presentation. Macropinocytosis has recently been recognized as a critical pathway in disease pathology and treatment. Therefore, a broad overview of macropinocytosis will benefit clinicians, as well as translational and basic research scientists. Moreover, as one of the main clathrin-independent endocytic routes, compiling all the critical information about macropinocytosis in one collection, this book will also be helpful to educators and their students ;