“…Eukaryotic cells take up molecules, such as extracellular proteins and lipoproteins, by a process called endocytosis, which includes clathrin-dependent or -independent endocytosis and micropinocytosis ( Figure 2 ) [ 259 , 260 , 261 , 262 , 263 , 264 , 265 , 266 , 267 , 268 , 269 ]. In clathrin-dependent endocytosis, when a ligand molecule binds to a receptor on the plasma membrane, a clathrin molecule binds to the cytosol via an AP2 adaptor protein, and a ball-shaped structure of the plasma membrane is formed [ 270 , 271 , 272 , 273 ].…”