integrin
Americannoun
-
integrins
plural
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
Tumors add the same sugar to a surface protein known as integrin α3β1.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 15, 2026
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
Cell spreading and focal adhesion dynamics are regulated by spacing of integrin ligands.
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 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
Adherens junctions use either cadherins or integrins depending on whether they are linking to other cells or matrix.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Although Parker doesn't have a neuroscience background, as a postdoc he worked with integrins -- membrane-spanning proteins that attach a cell's inner structure, or cytoskeleton, to an outer matrix.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 23, 2011
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
