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Podocalyxin enhances the adherence of cells to platelets.
Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS - 1 Nov 2007
Larrucea S, Butta N, Rodriguez R B, Alonso-Martin S, Arias-Salgado E G, Ayuso M S, Parrilla R
Abstract excerpt
Podocalyxin (PODXL) is a mucin protein of the CD34 family expressed in kidney glomerular podocytes, vascular endothelium, progenitor bone marrow and tumor cells. It is assumed that PODXL plays an anti-adherent role in kidney podocytes. CHO cells stably expressing human PODXL (CHO-PODXL) or human tumor cells (Tera-1) inherently expressing PODXL showed increased adherence to platelets. The adherence of cells was...
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