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Cell adhesion to fibrillin-1 molecules and microfibrils is mediated by alpha 5 beta 1 and alpha v beta 3 integrins.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 5 Sept 2003
Bax Daniel V, Bernard Sarah E, Lomas Amanda, Morgan Amanda, Humphries Jon, Shuttleworth C Adrian, Humphries Martin J, Kielty Cay M
Abstract excerpt
Fibrillins are the major glycoprotein components of microfibrils that form a template for tropoelastin during elastic fibrillogenesis. We have examined cell adhesion to assembled purified microfibrils, and its molecular basis. Human dermal fibroblasts exhibited Arg-Gly-Asp and cation-dependent adhesion to microfibrils and recombinant fibrillin-1 protein fragments. Strong integrin alpha 5 beta 1 interactions with...
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