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Role of E-cadherin in epithelial barrier dysfunction: implications for bacterial infection, inflammation, and disease pathogenesis

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Epithelial barriers serve as critical defense lines against microbial infiltration and maintain tissue homeostasis. E-cadherin, an essential component of adherens junctions, has emerged as a pivotal molecule that secures epithelial homeostasis.
Peter Lialios, Peter Lialios, Stella Alimperti, Stella Alimperti   +3 more
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Cadherin Expression and EMT: A Focus on Gliomas

Biomedicines, 2021
Cadherins are calcium-binding proteins with a pivotal role in cell adhesion and tissue homeostasis. The cadherin-dependent mechanisms of cell adhesion and migration are exploited by cancer cells, contributing to tumor invasiveness and dissemination.
Carolina Noronha, Ana Sofia Ribeiro, Ricardo Taipa, Diogo S. Castro, Joaquim Reis, Cláudia Faria, Joana Paredes   +6 more
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A Novel Role of E-Cadherin-Based Adherens Junctions in Neoplastic Cell Dissemination. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Using confocal microscopy, we analyzed the behavior of IAR-6-1, IAR1170, and IAR1162 transformed epithelial cells seeded onto the confluent monolayer of normal IAR-2 epithelial cells.
Svetlana N Rubtsova, Irina Y Zhitnyak, Natalya A Gloushankova   +2 more
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P-Cadherin Regulates Intestinal Epithelial Cell Migration and Mucosal Repair, but Is Dispensable for Colitis Associated Colon Cancer

Cells, 2022
Recurrent chronic mucosal inflammation, a characteristic of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), perturbs the intestinal epithelial homeostasis resulting in formation of mucosal wounds and, in most severe cases, leads to colitis-associated colon cancer ...
Nayden G. Naydenov, Susana Lechuga, Ajay Zalavadia, Pranab K. Mukherjee, Ilyssa O. Gordon, David Skvasik, Petra Vidovic, Emina Huang, Florian Rieder, Andrei I. Ivanov   +9 more
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Alpha-1 antitrypsin limits neutrophil extracellular trap disruption of airway epithelial barrier function

Frontiers in Immunology, 2023
Neutrophil extracellular traps contribute to lung injury in cystic fibrosis and asthma, but the mechanisms are poorly understood. We sought to understand the impact of human NETs on barrier function in primary human bronchial epithelial and a human ...
K. M. Hudock, K. M. Hudock, K. M. Hudock, M. S. Collins, M. A. Imbrogno, E. L. Kramer, E. L. Kramer, J. J. Brewington, J. J. Brewington, A. Ziady, A. Ziady, N. Zhang, N. Zhang, J. Snowball, Y. Xu, Y. Xu, Y. Xu, B. C. Carey, B. C. Carey, Y. Horio, Y. Horio, S. M. O’Grady, S. M. O’Grady, E. J. Kopras, J. Meeker, H. Morgan, A. J. Ostmann, E. Skala, M. E. Siefert, C. L. Na, C. R. Davidson, K. Gollomp, K. Gollomp, N. Mangalmurti, N. Mangalmurti, B. C. Trapnell, B. C. Trapnell, B. C. Trapnell, J. P. Clancy   +38 more
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Loss of N-Cadherin Expression in Tumor Transplants Produced From As+3- and Cd+2-Transformed Human Urothelial (UROtsa) Cell Lines. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
BACKGROUND:Epithelial to mesenchymal transition is a process in which a cell experiences a loss of epithelial cell characteristics and acquires a more mesenchymal cell phenotype.
Elizabeth J Sandquist, Seema Somji, Jane R Dunlevy, Scott H Garrett, Xu Dong Zhou, Andrea Slusser-Nore, Donald A Sens   +6 more
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Induction of the epithelial-mesenchymal transition in the endometrium by chronic endometritis in infertile patients.

PLoS ONE, 2021
BackgroundThe purpose of the present study was to evaluate the relationship between chronic endometritis and the epithelial-mesenchymal transition in the endometrium of infertile patients in the implantation phase.MethodsEndometrial biopsy specimens from
Mitsuaki Ishida, Akie Takebayashi, Fuminori Kimura, Akiko Nakamura, Jun Kitazawa, Aina Morimune, Tetsuro Hanada, Koji Tsuta, Takashi Murakami   +8 more
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Misregulated E-cadherin expression associated with an aggressive brain tumor phenotype. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2010
Cadherins are essential components of the adherens junction complexes that mediate cell-cell adhesion and regulate cell motility. During tissue morphogenesis, changes in cadherin expression (known as cadherin switching) are a common mechanism for ...
Laura J Lewis-Tuffin, Fausto Rodriguez, Caterina Giannini, Bernd Scheithauer, Brian M Necela, Jann N Sarkaria, Panos Z Anastasiadis   +6 more
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Cadherins in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) revisited: P-cadherin is the highly dominant cadherin expressed in human and mouse RPE in vivo. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
The retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) supports the health and function of retinal photoreceptors and is essential for normal vision. RPE cells are post-mitotic, terminally differentiated, and polarized epithelial cells. In pathological conditions, however,
Xue Yang, Jin-Yong Chung, Usha Rai, Noriko Esumi   +3 more
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Cadherin-23 mediates heterotypic cell-cell adhesion between breast cancer epithelial cells and fibroblasts. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
In the early stages of breast cancer metastasis, epithelial cells penetrate the basement membrane and invade the surrounding stroma, where they encounter fibroblasts.
Maria Apostolopoulou, Lee Ligon
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