Junctional epithelium and hemidesmosomes: Tape and rivets for solving the “percutaneous device dilemma” in dental and other permanent implants

NG Fischer, C Aparicio - Bioactive materials, 2022 - Elsevier
The percutaneous device dilemma describes etiological factors, centered around the
disrupted epithelial tissue surrounding non-remodelable devices, that contribute to rampant …

Regulation and functions of α6-integrin (CD49f) in Cancer biology

R Khademi, H Malekzadeh, S Bahrami, N Saki… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Integrins play key roles in mediating cell adhesion and delivering chemical
and mechanical signals to the interior of the cell. Consequently, they actively control cellular …

Structural mechanism of laminin recognition by integrin

T Arimori, N Miyazaki, E Mihara, M Takizawa… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Recognition of laminin by integrin receptors is central to the epithelial cell adhesion to
basement membrane, but the structural background of this molecular interaction remained …

THY1-mediated mechanisms converge to drive YAP activation in skin homeostasis and repair

E Sedov, E Koren, S Chopra, R Ankawa… - Nature Cell …, 2022 - nature.com
Anchored cells of the basal epidermis constantly undergo proliferation in an overcrowded
environment. An important regulator of epidermal proliferation is YAP, which can be …

Transcriptomic and proteomic signatures of stemness and differentiation in the colon crypt

AN Habowski, JL Flesher, JM Bates, CF Tsai… - Communications …, 2020 - nature.com
Intestinal stem cells are non-quiescent, dividing epithelial cells that rapidly differentiate into
progenitor cells of the absorptive and secretory cell lineages. The kinetics of this process is …

Extracellular matrix in the regulation of stem cell differentiation

ES Novoseletskaya, OA Grigorieva, AY Efimenko… - Biochemistry …, 2019 - Springer
Extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins fill the space between cells in multicellular organisms,
contributing to the structure of organs and tissues. The mechanical properties of ECM are …

Breast cancer stem cell membrane biomarkers: therapy targeting and clinical implications

I Conde, AS Ribeiro, J Paredes - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Breast cancer is the most common malignancy affecting women worldwide. Importantly,
there have been significant improvements in prevention, early diagnosis, and treatment …

The transcriptional repressor BCL11A promotes breast cancer metastasis

DD Seachrist, MM Hannigan, NN Ingles… - Journal of Biological …, 2020 - ASBMB
The phenotypes of each breast cancer subtype are defined by their transcriptomes.
However, the transcription factors that regulate differential patterns of gene expression that …

Myotonic dystrophy RNA toxicity alters morphology, adhesion and migration of mouse and human astrocytes

DM Dincã, L Lallemant, A González-Barriga… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Brain dysfunction in myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1), the prototype of toxic RNA disorders,
has been mainly attributed to neuronal RNA misprocessing, while little attention has been …

Glycoengineering human neural stem cells (hNSCs) for adhesion improvement using a novel thiol-modified N-acetylmannosamine (ManNAc) analog

J Du, X Liu, KJ Yarema, X Jia - Biomaterials advances, 2022 - Elsevier
This study sets the stage for the therapeutic use of Ac 5 ManNTProp, an N-
acetylmannosamine (ManNAc) analog that installs thiol-modified sialoglycans onto the …