Regulation of cadherin-mediated adhesion in morphogenesis

BM Gumbiner - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2005 - nature.com
Cadherin cell-adhesion proteins mediate many facets of tissue morphogenesis. The
dynamic regulation of cadherins in response to various extracellular signals controls cell …

Structure and biochemistry of cadherins and catenins

L Shapiro, WI Weis - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in …, 2009 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Classical cadherins mediate specific adhesion at intercellular adherens junctions.
Interactions between cadherin ectodomains from apposed cells mediate cell–cell contact …

Tissue organization by cadherin adhesion molecules: dynamic molecular and cellular mechanisms of morphogenetic regulation

CM Niessen, D Leckband, AS Yap - Physiological reviews, 2011 - journals.physiology.org
This review addresses the cellular and molecular mechanisms of cadherin-based tissue
morphogenesis. Tissue physiology is profoundly influenced by the distinctive organizations …

Cadherins as modulators of cellular phenotype

MJ Wheelock, KR Johnson - Annual review of cell and …, 2003 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Cadherins are transmembrane glycoproteins that mediate calcium-dependent cell-
cell adhesion. The cadherin family is large and diverse, and proteins are considered to be …

Structure and mechanism of cadherins and catenins in cell-cell contacts

S Pokutta, WI Weis - Annu. Rev. Cell Dev. Biol., 2007 - annualreviews.org
Cadherins are Ca2+-dependent cell adhesion molecules found in several kinds of cell-cell
contact, including adherens junctions and desmosomes. In the presence of Ca2+, cells …

Myocyte necrosis underlies progressive myocardial dystrophy in mouse dsg2-related arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

K Pilichou, CA Remme, C Basso… - Journal of Experimental …, 2009 - rupress.org
Mutations in the cardiac desmosomal protein desmoglein-2 (DSG2) are associated with
arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC). We studied the explanted heart of …

Cadherin-mediated cell–cell adhesion: sticking together as a family

SD Patel, CP Chen, F Bahna, B Honig… - Current opinion in …, 2003 - Elsevier
The cadherins comprise a family of single-pass transmembrane proteins critical for cell–cell
adhesion in vertebrates and invertebrates. The recently determined structure of the whole …

Mechanism and dynamics of cadherin adhesion

D Leckband, A Prakasam - Annu. Rev. Biomed. Eng., 2006 - annualreviews.org
Cadherins are essential cell adhesion molecules involved in tissue morphogenesis and the
maintenance of tissue architecture in adults. The adhesion and selectivity functions of …

Electric field based dressing disrupts mixed-species bacterial biofilm infection and restores functional wound healing

KG Barki, A Das, S Dixith, PD Ghatak… - Annals of …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Objective: This study was designed to employ electroceutical principles, as an alternative to
pharmacological intervention, to manage wound biofilm infection. Mechanism of action of a …

Cleft lip/palate and CDH1/E-cadherin mutations in families with hereditary diffuse gastric cancer

T Frebourg, C Oliveira, P Hochain, R Karam… - Journal of medical …, 2006 - jmg.bmj.com
We report the association of CDH1/E-cadherin mutations with cleft lip, with or without cleft
palate (CLP), in two families with hereditary diffuse gastric cancer (HDGC). In each family …