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endosome

(ˈɛndəʊˌsəʊm)
n
(Biology) a sac within a biological cell
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Translations
endosoma
endosome
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With Orum's proprietary design, these antibodies escape the early endosome into the cytosol.
The E1 glycoprotein is a significant participant in the virion attachment to the host cell and in the fusion of the virus membrane with the host endosome membrane (19).
David will be concentrating on how localization to endosome permits large numbers of SNA's to be delivered with low toxicity, how SNAs can be used to knockdown genes or interest, or activate immune pathways productively, as well as AST-008 TLR9 agonist clinical trial progress, and XCUR-17 topical antisense in psoriasis.
(9) have shown that the VPS33B gene is involved in phagosome and endosome maturation and is responsible for the recognition of microorganisms.
Retromer complex plays a crucial role in retrograde transport of the recycle proteins from the endosome to Golgi, and Vps26A protein is an important component of the retromer complex.
Drug delivery system must be able to overcome the intracellular barriers like endosomes and proficient of releasing the drug inside cell [10], In the absence of endosomal escape mechanism, the therapeutic delivery system is restricted in endosome and will finally transferred to cell lysosome.
Binding by B subunits promotes the internalisation of the toxin complex in an early endosome. A proposed alternative route for Stx entry is through bacterial invasion of the host cell (24).
It is also reported that endosome endoplasmic reticulum contacts control actin nucleation and retromer function through VAPA-dependent regulation of phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate (PI4P) [17].
There was no release of GM from GM/HMS@ZIF at pH7.4 for 15 days, which demonstrated the safe storage of GM before passing the endosome and lysosome compartments (Figures 3(d) and S4) [52, 53].
Since exosomes originate in the endosome, some endosomal-associated proteins are ubiquitously present in exosomes, including membrane transport and fusion-associated proteins (Rab-GTPase, annexin, and heat shock proteins (HSPs), including Hsp60, Hsp70, and Hsp90), four-transmembrane cross-linking proteins (tetraspanins) (including CD9, CD63, CD81, and CD82) and MVB-related proteins (Alix and TSG101) (widely used for the identification of exosomes [4, 20]).
HSV-1 infection causes lytic cell death leading to release doublestranded RNA, which can be endocytosed by nearby cells and transported from late endosome to cytoplasm by late endosome membrane protein SIDT2 [30].