The way in which cells coordinate their behaviours during various biological processes,
including morphogenesis, cancer progression and tissue remodelling, largely depends on …

Cell–cell junctions link cells to each other in tissues, and regulate tissue homeostasis in
critical cell processes that include tissue barrier function, cell proliferation, and migration …

Nectins and nectin-like molecules (Necls) are immunoglobulin-like transmembrane cell
adhesion molecules that are expressed in various cell types. Homophilic and heterophilic …

The cadherin superfamily plays key roles in intercellular adhesion. An emerging intercellular
adhesion system, consisting of nectin and afadin, also has roles in organization of a variety …

Since the proposal of the differential adhesion hypothesis, scientists have been fascinated
by how cell adhesion mediates cellular self-organization to form spatial patterns during …

Nectins are a family of Ca2+‐independent immunoglobulin‐like cell‐cell adhesion
molecules consisting of four members, which homophilically and heterophilically trans …

Macrophage death in advanced atherosclerosis promotes necrosis and plaque
destabilization. A likely cause of macrophage death is accumulation of free cholesterol (FC) …

Cadherin-based adherens junctions (AJs) mediate cell adhesion and regulate cell shape
change. The nectin–afadin complex also localizes to AJs and links to the cytoskeleton …

Apical–basal polarity and a highly organized actin cytoskeleton are main characteristics of
epithelial cells that support exchange of ions and nutrients from one body compartment to …

Nectins and nectin-like molecules (Necls)/Cadms are Ca 2+-independent immunoglobulin
superfamily cell adhesion molecules, expressed in most cell types. Nectins mediate not only …