integrin
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integrins
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Talins are commonly considered fully extended at FAs between actin filaments -- or F-actin -- and the anchor-like integrin receptor.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 1, 2024
Their work helped launch the field of integrin research, which has since led to new strategies for treating disease.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 28, 2022
In 2011, Reiser and colleagues reported in Nature Medicine that in cell culture, suPAR damaged human podocytes through the integrin pathway.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 19, 2018
Nanoparticle tension probes patterned at the nanoscale: impact of integrin clustering on force transmission.
From Nature ● Dec. 5, 2017
Then it holds tight for the duration with the help of proteins like integrin, a kind of biological glue.
From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2014
They found that excessive fibronectin interferes with communication between cells by activating abnormal signals through integrins, proteins that help cells sense and respond to their surroundings, and an enzyme known as focal adhesion kinase.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
They were recognized for their research on key immune proteins called integrins, which help cells attach to other nearby cells and molecules.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 28, 2022
It has thus been suggested that a crosslinking ‘adaptor’ protein of this size might connect integrins to the actin cytoskeleton, acting as a molecular ruler that senses ligand spacing directly3,7,8,9.
From Nature ● Dec. 5, 2017
While similar in appearance to desmosomes, they include the adhesion proteins called integrins rather than cadherins.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Parker thinks that rapid stretching of blood vessels or neurons "plucks" the integrins with more force than they are designed to handle.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 23, 2011
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