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laminin

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laminin
[lam′inin]
any of several large glycoproteins consisting of three polypeptide subunits and found in basement membranes. It facilitates linkage with collagen and other basement membrane components and is involved in neurite regeneration.
laminin
(lam´nn),
n a large polypeptide glycoprotein component of the basement membrane.
laminin
a glycoprotein found in basement membrane.


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10) Although no immunohistochemical stain is pathognomonic, the diagnosis may be aided by a finding of positivity for factor-VIII-related antigen, Ulex europaeus, laminin, CD31, and CD34, (3,10,11) although a finding of factor-VIII-related antigen positivity may not be reliable.
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leprae by macrophages and Schwann cells by binding to complement component C3 or laminin [alpha]2 chain, respectively (4,5).
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Integrins are membrane proteins that are important in cell signaling and that bind to laminin in the ECM.
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