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Regulation of lung neutrophil recruitment by VE-cadherin.
American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology - 1 Oct 2006
Orrington-Myers Janie, Gao Xiaopei, Kouklis Panos, Broman Michael, Rahman Arshad, Vogel Stephen M, Malik Asrar B
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Lung inflammatory disease is characterized by increased polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMN) infiltration and vascular permeability. PMN infiltration into tissue involves signaling between endothelial cells and migrating PMNs, which leads to alterations in the organization of adherens junctions (AJs). We addressed the possible role of the protein constituents of AJs, endothelium-specific vascular-endothelial...
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