Exploring the Secrets of Cell Logistics

摘要

Epithelial cells,which control the exchange of substances between the organism and the outside world,are equipped with highly specific mechanisms for selective transport of substances to the apical or basolateral membrane.Using TIRF microscopy,scientists have been able to take a closer look at intracellular transport processes with the example of the galactose-binding protein Galectin-3,which has been identified as a potential apical sorting receptor.