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1.1.10. Endocytosis, Exocytosis

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Fig. 1.1.10.2. Another example of endo- and exocytotic activity: smooth pinocytotic vesicles ("micropinosomes" - arrow) in endothelium (E) of a blood vessel. B - basal lamina, C - perivascular collagen. Transcytosis is apparent (arrows) in the lower figure, in the vesicles darkly stained with ruthenium red. L - lumen of the blood vessel. Scale = 500 nm. (Human, sural nerve; mouse, thalamus.)

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