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IntroductionThe movement of fluids and solutes across the ependymal barrier, and their changes in physiologic and disease states are poorly understood.
Riccardo Serra +3 more
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Afadin controls cell polarization and mitotic spindle orientation in developing cortical radial glia
Background In developing tissues, cell polarity and tissue architecture play essential roles in the regulation of proliferation and differentiation. During cerebral cortical development, adherens junctions link highly polarized radial glial cells in a ...
Jennifer Rakotomamonjy +6 more
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A New Perspective on Intercalated Disc Organization: Implications for Heart Disease
Adherens junctions and desmosomes are intercellular adhesive junctions and essential for the morphogenesis, differentiation, and maintenance of tissues that are subjected to high mechanical stress, including heart and skin.
Jifen Li, Glenn L. Radice
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Cell-cell adhesions and cell contractility are upregulated upon desmosome disruption. [PDF]
Desmosomes are perturbed in a number of disease states - including genetic disorders, autoimmune and bacterial diseases. Here, we report unexpected changes in other cell-cell adhesion structures upon loss of desmosome function. We found that perturbation
Kaelyn Sumigray +2 more
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Adherens Junction Assembly [PDF]
Classical cadherins are a family of transmembrane proteins that mediate cell-cell adhesion at adherens junctions. A complex chain of cis- and trans- interactions between cadherin ectodomains establishes a cadherin adhesive cluster. A principal adhesive interaction in such clusters is an exchange of β strands between the first extracellular cadherin ...
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Intermediate filament–membrane attachments function synergistically with actin-dependent contacts to regulate intercellular adhesive strength [PDF]
By tethering intermediate filaments (IFs) to sites of intercellular adhesion, desmosomes facilitate formation of a supercellular scaffold that imparts mechanical strength to a tissue.
Godsel, Lisa M. +35 more
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During brain development, radial glial cells possess an apico-basal polarity and are coupled by adherens junctions to an F-actin belt. To elucidate the role of the actin, we conditionally deleted the key component α-E-catenin in the developing cerebral ...
Marie-Theres eSchmid +7 more
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Dysfunction of the endothelial barrier plays a central role in the pathogenesis of both acute and chronic inflammatory processes such as sepsis or atherosclerosis.
Daniel Maucher +2 more
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Interplay between tight junctions & adherens junctions [PDF]
Cell-cell adhesions are critical for the development and maintenance of tissues. Present at sites of cell-cell contact are the adherens junctions and tight junctions. The adherens junctions mediate cell-cell adhesion via the actions of nectins and cadherins.
Hannah K, Campbell +2 more
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A key role for E-cadherin in intestinal homeostasis and Paneth cell maturation. [PDF]
E-cadherin is a major component of adherens junctions. Impaired expression of E-cadherin in the small intestine and colon has been linked to a disturbed intestinal homeostasis and barrier function.
Trülzsch, Konrad +37 more
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