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Nascent Adhesion Clustering: Integrin-Integrin and Integrin-Substrate Interactions [PDF]
Biophysica, 2022 Nascent adhesions (NAs) are a general precursor to the formation of focal adhesions (FAs) that provide a fundamental mechanism for cell adhesion that is, in turn, involved in cell proliferation, migration, and mechanotransduction. Nascent adhesions form when cells come into contact with substrates at all rigidities and generally involve the clustering ...
Kuanpo Lin, Robert J. Asaro
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Cell and Tissue Research, 2009 Integrins are cell adhesion receptors that are evolutionary old and that play important roles during developmental and pathological processes. The integrin family is composed of 24 alphabeta heterodimeric members that mediate the attachment of cells to the extracellular matrix (ECM) but that also take part in specialized cell-cell interactions.
Malgorzata Barczyk +2 more
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Genome Biology, 2007 The integrins are a superfamily of cell adhesion receptors that bind to extracellular matrix ligands, cell-surface ligands, and soluble ligands. They are transmembrane alphabeta heterodimers and at least 18 alpha and eight beta subunits are known in humans, generating 24 heterodimers.
Takada, Yoshikazu +2 more
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Journal of Cell Science, 2006 Cell adhesion, migration and the maintenance of cell polarity are all processes that depend on the correct targeting of integrins and the dynamic remodelling of integrin-containing adhesion sites. The importance of the endo/exocytic cycle of integrins as a key regulator of these functions is increasingly recognized.
Ivaska, Johanna, Pellinen, Teijo
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Immunology Today, 1989 Publisher Summary This chapter focuses on the molecular biology of the leukocyte integrins, LFA-1, Mac-1, and p150,95, and on their role in mediating inflammation. Three recent developments have underscored the importance of the leukocyte integrins as adhesion receptors of the immune system: The recognition that the leukocyte integrins are ...
Kishimoto, T +5 more
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Integrins in mechanotransduction [PDF]
Current Opinion in Cell Biology, 2013 Forces acting on cells govern many important regulatory events during development, normal physiology, and disease processes. Integrin-mediated adhesions, which transmit forces between the extracellular matrix and the actin cytoskeleton, play a central role in transducing effects of forces to regulate cell functions.
Ross, Tyler D +6 more
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Roles of Integrins in Gastrointestinal Cancer Metastasis
Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2021 Integrins are a large family of heterodimeric transmembrane receptors which mediate cell adhesion and transmit signals to the cell interior. The mechanistic roles of integrins have long been an enigma in cancer, given its complexity in regulating ...
Sicong Hou +4 more
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Can the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Bind Integrins Independent of the RGD Sequence?
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2021 The RGD motif in the Severe Acute Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) spike protein has been predicted to bind RGD-recognizing integrins. Recent studies have shown that the spike protein does, indeed, interact with αVβ3 and α5β1 integrins, both of which ...
Christopher A. Beaudoin +5 more
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Integrins in Mechanotransduction [PDF]
Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2004 Mechanical forces are crucial to the regulation of cell and tissue morphology and function. At the cellular level, forces influence cytoskeletal organization, gene expression, proliferation, and survival. Integrin-mediated adhesions are intrinsically mechanosensitive and a large body of data implicates integrins in sensing mechanical forces.
Eleni Tzima +3 more
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Integrins, cancer and snake toxins (mini-review)
Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2005 Integrins encompass a family of transmembrane heterodimeric proteins of adhesion that maintain cells attached to other cells and to the extracellular matrix (ECM).
G. Rádis-Baptista
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