Cellular functions

Articles

• phagocytosis
  23 April 2004

  WKP
  Definition: Phagocytosis is a specific form of endocytosis involving the vesicular internalization of solid particles, such as bacteria. It is therefore distinct from other forms of endocytosis such as pinocytosis, the vesicular internalization of various liquids, and recptor-dependent endocytosis.
  Phagocytosis involves three distinct but interrelated steps:
  (1) recognition and attachment of the particle to be ingested by the leukocyte;
  (2) its engulfment, with subsequent (...)

• endocytosis
  16 September 2003

  endocytic pathway, endocytic trafficking

• cell survival
  10 November 2003

  cellular survival

• cellular interactions
  10 July 2003

  Types
  immune-cell interactions
  Pathology of cellular interactions
  References
  Friedl P, Storim J. Diversity in immune-cell interactions: states and functions of the immunological synapse. Trends Cell Biol. 2004 Oct;14(10):557-67. PMID: #15450978#

• extracellular matrix remodeling
  11 July 2003

  References
  Stamenkovic I. Extracellular matrix remodelling: the role of matrix metalloproteinases. J Pathol. 2003 Jul;200(4):448-64. PMID: #12845612#

• retraction
  14 February 2006

  Cells utilize actin filaments to produce protrusive and contractile arrays that cooperate to drive cell motility.
  The generation of the two arrays and the coupling between them result from the unique properties of the lamellipodium, a protrusive leaflet of cytoplasm at the cell edge.
  From the lamellipodium into the lamella behind, there is a transition from a fast retrograde flow of actin polymer driven by polymerization to a slow flow driven by the interaction of anti-parallel arrays of (...)

• telomere shortening
  19 July 2003

  telomere erosion, short telomeres

• genomic stability
  13 July 2003

  A fundamental axiom of genetic inheritance is a requirement for exceptional genetic stability over many generations of cells and organisms. However, cells have to contend with both intracellular and extracellular environments that constantly challenge the chemical stability of the genome.
  Additionally, although normal metabolic transactions of DNA such as replication, recombination and repair are generally highly accurate, there are limits to the fidelity of these processes, so genomic (...)

• cell cycle
  13 July 2003

  cellular cycle

• protein sorting
  20 October 2003

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