“…Currently, there are four main models of intracellular transport: (1) the vesicular model (VM); (2) the compartment (cisterna) maturation—progression model (CMPM); (3) the diffusion model (DM; Supplementary Figure S1D); and (4) the kiss-and-run model (KARM), which exists as symmetric and asymmetric variants (Figure 1). These models have been well-described in the past (Rabouille et al, 1995; Bannykh and Balch, 1997; Glick et al, 1997; Mironov et al, 1997, 1998a,b; Pelham and Rothman, 2000; Beznoussenko and Mironov, 2002; Luini et al, 2008; Mironov and Beznoussenko, 2008, 2011, 2012; Glick and Nakano, 2009; Pfeffer, 2010; Glick and Luini, 2011; Mironov, 2014). These models are based on three main principles: dissociation, progression, and diffusion (Figure 2; Supplementary Figures S1A–C, S2).…”