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cadherins

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cadherins
calcium-dependent cell-adhesion molecules.


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Among the topics are cadherins, adherens junctions and desmosomes, integrins and focal contacts, receptor tyrosine phosphatases, Notch and Slit-Robo signaling, adhesive binding to collagen and fibrillin, and complex adhesive mechanisms involved in leukocyte migration and malaria.
The differential fate of cadherins during T cell-induced keratinocyte apoptosis leads to spongiosis in eczematous dermatitis.
Finally, treatment of the cells with PLE prevented UV-induced morphological changes in human fibroblasts, namely disorganisation of F-actin-based cytoskeletal structures, coalescence of the tubulin cytoskeleton and mislocalization of adhesion molecules such as cadherins and integrins.
 
 
 
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