Article
Enhanced expression of the osteoblastic phenotype on substrates that modulate fibronectin conformation and integrin receptor binding.
Biomaterials - 1 Jun 2002
Stephansson Sean N, Byers Benjamin A, García Andrés J
Abstract excerpt
Integrins represent the primary mechanism of cell-extracellular matrix interactions and control cell morphology, proliferation, and differentiation. We have previously shown that substrate-dependent modulation of adsorbed fibronectin (Fn) conformation alters alpha5beta1 integrin binding to Fn and directs C2C12 myoblast proliferation and differentiation (Mol. Biol. Cell 10 (1999) 785). The model substrates used in...
Topics
- Alkaline Phosphatase
- Animals
- Antibodies
- Calcification, Physiologic
- Cattle
- Cell Line
- Fibronectins
- Focal Adhesions
- Humans
- Integrin alpha5beta1
- Mice
