Calreticulin, a multi-process calcium-buffering chaperone of the endoplasmic reticulum

M Michalak, J Groenendyk, E Szabo, LI Gold… - Biochemical …, 2009 - portlandpress.com
Calreticulin is an ER (endoplasmic reticulum) luminal Ca2+-buffering chaperone. The
protein is involved in regulation of intracellular Ca2+ homoeostasis and ER Ca2+ capacity …

Molecular characteristics of immunogenic cancer cell death

A Tesniere, T Panaretakis, O Kepp, L Apetoh… - Cell Death & …, 2008 - nature.com
Apoptotic cell death is initiated by a morphologically homogenous entity that was considered
to be non-immunogenic and non-inflammatory in nature. However, recent advances suggest …

Calcium/calmodulin signaling controls osteoblast growth and differentiation

M Zayzafoon - Journal of cellular biochemistry, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Ca2+ is a ubiquitous intracellular messenger responsible for controlling numerous cellular
processes including fertilization, mitosis, neuronal transmission, contraction and relaxation …

The role of extracellular matrix composition in structure and function of bioengineered skeletal muscle

S Hinds, W Bian, RG Dennis, N Bursac - Biomaterials, 2011 - Elsevier
One of the obstacles to the potential clinical utility of bioengineered skeletal muscle is its
limited force generation capacity. Since engineered muscle, unlike most native muscle …

Integrins and integrin-associated proteins in the cardiac myocyte

S Israeli-Rosenberg, AM Manso, H Okada… - Circulation …, 2014 - ahajournals.org
Integrins are heterodimeric, transmembrane receptors that are expressed in all cells,
including those in the heart. They participate in multiple critical cellular processes including …

The co-translocation of ERp57 and calreticulin determines the immunogenicity of cell death

T Panaretakis, N Joza, N Modjtahedi… - Cell Death & …, 2008 - nature.com
The exposure of calreticulin (CRT) on the plasma membrane can precede anthracycline-
induced apoptosis and is required for cell death to be perceived as immunogenic. Mass …

Calreticulin promotes EGF-induced EMT in pancreatic cancer cells via Integrin/EGFR-ERK/MAPK signaling pathway

W Sheng, C Chen, M Dong, G Wang, J Zhou… - Cell death & …, 2017 - nature.com
Our previous study showed that Calreticulin (CRT) promoted the development of pancreatic
cancer (PC) through ERK/MAPK pathway. We next investigate whether CRT promotes EGF …

The ins and outs of calreticulin: from the ER lumen to the extracellular space

S Johnson, M Michalak, M Opas, P Eggleton - Trends in cell biology, 2001 - cell.com
Calreticulin was first isolated 26 years ago. Since its discovery as a minor Ca 2+-binding
protein of the sarcoplasmic reticulum, the appreciation of its importance has grown, and it is …

Immunogenic apoptosis as a novel tool for anticancer vaccine development

B Montico, A Nigro, V Casolaro, J Dal Col - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Immunogenic apoptosis, or more appropriately called immunogenic cell death (ICD), is a
recently described form of apoptosis induced by a specific set of chemotherapeutic drugs or …

Enhanced expression of the α7β1 integrin reduces muscular dystrophy and restores viability in dystrophic mice

DJ Burkin, GQ Wallace, KJ Nicol, DJ Kaufman… - The Journal of cell …, 2001 - rupress.org
Muscle fibers attach to laminin in the basal lamina using two distinct mechanisms: the
dystrophin glycoprotein complex and the α7β1 integrin. Defects in these linkage systems …