Targeting integrin pathways: mechanisms and advances in therapy

X Pang, X He, Z Qiu, H Zhang, R **e, Z Liu… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2023 - nature.com
Integrins are considered the main cell-adhesion transmembrane receptors that play
multifaceted roles as extracellular matrix (ECM)-cytoskeletal linkers and transducers in …

Emerging therapeutic opportunities for integrin inhibitors

RJ Slack, SJF Macdonald, JA Roper… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2022 - nature.com
Integrins are cell adhesion and signalling proteins crucial to a wide range of biological
functions. Effective marketed treatments have successfully targeted integrins αIIbβ3 …

Specification of CNS macrophage subsets occurs postnatally in defined niches

T Masuda, L Amann, G Monaco, R Sankowski… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
All tissue-resident macrophages of the central nervous system (CNS)—including
parenchymal microglia, as well as CNS-associated macrophages (CAMs) such as …

[HTML][HTML] Multimodal analysis of composition and spatial architecture in human squamous cell carcinoma

AL Ji, AJ Rubin, K Thrane, S Jiang, DL Reynolds… - cell, 2020 - cell.com
To define the cellular composition and architecture of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma
(cSCC), we combined single-cell RNA sequencing with spatial transcriptomics and …

The role of integrins in inflammation and angiogenesis

OJ Mezu-Ndubuisi, A Maheshwari - Pediatric research, 2021 - nature.com
Integrins are heterodimeric transmembrane cell adhesion molecules made up of alpha (α)
and beta (β) subunits arranged in numerous dimeric pairings. These complexes have …

Integrin activation by talin, kindlin and mechanical forces

Z Sun, M Costell, R Fässler - Nature cell biology, 2019 - nature.com
Integrins are the major family of adhesion molecules that mediate cell adhesion to the
extracellular matrix. They are essential for embryonic development and influence numerous …

Emerging diversity in lipid–protein interactions

V Corradi, BI Sejdiu, H Mesa-Galloso… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Membrane lipids interact with proteins in a variety of ways, ranging from providing a stable
membrane environment for proteins to being embedded in to detailed roles in complicated …

Anoikis resistance––protagonists of breast cancer cells survive and metastasize after ECM detachment

Y Dai, X Zhang, Y Ou, L Zou, D Zhang, Q Yang… - Cell Communication and …, 2023 - Springer
Breast cancer exhibits the highest global incidence among all tumor types. Regardless of
the type of breast cancer, metastasis is a crucial cause of poor prognosis. Anoikis, a form of …

Integrin-mediated mechanotransduction

Z Sun, SS Guo, R Fässler - Journal of Cell Biology, 2016 - rupress.org
Cells can detect and react to the biophysical properties of the extracellular environment
through integrin-based adhesion sites and adapt to the extracellular milieu in a process …

Cellular locomotion using environmental topography

A Reversat, F Gaertner, J Merrin, J Stopp, S Tasciyan… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Eukaryotic cells migrate by coupling the intracellular force of the actin cytoskeleton to the
environment. While force coupling is usually mediated by transmembrane adhesion …