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. 2025 May 16;14(10):731. doi: 10.3390/cells14100731
CME Clathrin-mediated endocytosis
CIE Clathrin-independent endocytosis
EGF Epidermal growth factor
EGFR Epidermal growth factor receptor
Arf6 ADP-ribosylation factor 6
ER Endoplasmic reticulum
RhoA Ras homolog family member A
Rac1 Rac Family Small GTPase 1
Cdc42 Cell division control protein 42
RhoG Ras homolog family member G
IL-2R-β Interleukin-2 receptor subunit beta
GPI-Aps Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored proteins
FEME Fast endophilin-mediated endocytosis
SH3 Src homology 3
BAR Bin-Amphiphysin-Rvs domain
CIP4 Cdc42-interacting protein 4
FBP17 formin-binding protein 17 GTPase-activating proteins
SHP2 SH2-containing inositol phosphatase 2
Cdk5 Cyclin-dependent kinase 5
GSK3β Glycogen synthase kinase-3 beta
RTN3 Reticulon-3
IP3R Inositol triphosphate receptor
IRSp53 Insulin receptor substrate p53
CLIC/GEEC Clathrin-independent carrier (CLIC)/GPI-anchored protein-enriched early endocytic compartments (GEEC)
GPI-Aps GPI-anchored proteins
PI3K Phosphoinositide 3-kinases
GTP Guanosine triphosphate
GDP Guanosine diphosphate
GBF1 Golgi Brefeldin A Resistant Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor 1
GEF Guanine nucleotide exchange factors
Arf1 ADP-ribosylation factor 1
ARHGAP10 Rho GTPase Activating Protein 10
GRAF1 GTPase Regulator Associated with Focal Adhesion Kinase 1
GAPs GTPase-activating proteins
PIP2 phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate
FME Flotillin-mediated endocytosis
SPFH stomatin/prohibitin/flotillin/HflK/C
InlA Internalin A
InlB Internalin B
PlcA Phosphatidylinositol-Specific Phospholipase C
PlcB Broad-Range Phospholipase C
LIPI-1 Listeria pathogenicity island 1
EHD2 EH Domain Containing 2
LAP Listeria adhesion protein
Hsp60 Heat shock protein 60
CR3 Complement receptor 3
TACO Tryptophan-aspartate-containing coat
BCG Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette-Guérin
SfbI Streptococcal fibronectin-binding protein I
OCRL Oculocerebrorenal Syndrome of Lowe
EPEC Enteropathogenic E. coli
EHEC Enterohaemorrhagic E. coli
UPEC Uropathogenic E. coli
UTIs Urinary tract infections
CNF1 Cytotoxic necrotizing factor 1
UP1a Glycosylated uroplakin Ia
CEACAM Carcinoembryonic antigen-related cell adhesion molecule
IBCs Intracellular bacterial communities
DAEC Afa/Dr diffusely adhering E. coli
PKCa Protein kinase C alpha
T3SS Type III secretion system
SPI-1 Salmonella Pathogenicity Island 1
SCVs Salmonella-containing vacuoles
SPI-2 Salmonella Pathogenicity Island 2
Ebs Elementary bodies
SV40 Simian virus 40
SARS Severe acute respiratory syndrome
ACE2 Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2
HIV-1 Human immunodeficiency virus 1
JEV Japanese Encephalitis Virus
CRISPR Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats