Term Name:
transcytosis
Synonyms:
Definition:
The directed movement of endocytosed material through the cell and its exocytosis from the plasma membrane at the opposite side.
Ontology:
GO: Biological Process [GO:0045056]
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is a type of:
multicellular organismal process
vesicle-mediated transport
has subtype:
amyloid-beta clearance by transcytosis
antigen transcytosis by M cells in mucosal-associated lymphoid tissue
immunoglobulin transcytosis in epithelial cells
negatively regulated by:
negative regulation of transcytosis
positively regulated by:
positive regulation of transcytosis
regulated by:
regulation of transcytosis