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Slc44a2 deletion alters tetraspanin and N-cadherin expression: Reduced adhesion and enhanced proliferation in cultured mesenchymal lung cells.
Tissue & cell - 1 Dec 2021
Nair Thankam S, Kakaraparthi Bala Naveen, Yang Lucy, Lu Lillian, Thomas Trey B, Morris Anna C, Kommareddi Pavan, Kanicki Ariane, Carey Thomas E
Abstract excerpt
Slc44a2 is reported to interact with tetraspanins CD9 and CD81. To investigate how Slc44a2 affects adhesion protein expression, cells from wild-type (WT) Slc44a2+/+, heterozygous (HET) Slc44a2+/-, and knockout (KO) Slc44a2-/- mice were cultured from lung tissue. The cultured cells expressed vimentin, N-cadherin, p120 catenin, beta-catenin, actin, CD9, and CD81, but not E-cadherin. Vimentin expression with lack of...
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