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Scanning electron micrograph of an endothelial cell infected for 10 minutes infection with N. meningitidis

Arrowheads show plasma membrane protrusions. Scale bar, 500 nm. (Source: Charles-Orszag A, Tsai FC, Bonazzi D, et al. Adhesion to nanofibers drives cell membrane remodeling through one-dimensional wetting. Nat Commun 2018;9[1]:4450. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0.)

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