Publisher Summary CD44 is a ubiquitous multistructural and multifunctional cell surface
adhesion molecule involved in cell–cell and cell–matrix interactions. CD44s is a single …

The effector phase of an immune response involves the secretion of protein mediators by
antigen-stimulated T lymphocytes, which serve to recruit and activate the various responsive …

Publisher Summary This chapter focuses on CD44 and its interaction with extracellular
matrix. CD44 is a broadly distributed family of cell surface glycoprotein that has been studied …

Over the past decade, the International Workshop on Human Leucocyte Differentiation
Antigens has set about organizing the myriad of proteins found on the surfaces of white …

It is well established that the large array of functions that a tumour cell has to fulfil to settle as
a metastasis in a distant organ requires cooperative activities between the tumour and the …

CD44 is a transmembrane glycoprotein, the variant isoforms of which are coded for by
alternative splicing, with the most prolific isoform being CD44 standard. CD44 is found in a …

The lymphocyte-high endothelial venule (HEV) cell interaction is an essential element of the
immune system, as it controls lymphocyte recirculation between blood and lymphoid organs …

CD44 is a cell adhesion molecule that was traditionally known as 'homing receptor'. This
molecule is known to interact with the ezrin family (ERM family) members and form a …

Monoclonal antibodies in the Hermes family recognize a lymphocyte structure that
participates in lymphocyte adhesion to endothelium and has been suggested to be the …

Lymphopoietic cells require interactions with bone marrow stroma for normal maturation and
show changes in adhesion to matrix during their differentiation. Syndecan, a heparan sulfate …