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Expression of syndecan regulates human myeloma plasma cell adhesion to type I collagen.
Blood - 1 Feb 1993
Ridley R C, Xiao H, Hata H, Woodliff J, Epstein J, Sanderson R D
Abstract excerpt
The syndecans comprise a family of integral membrane proteoglycans that regulate cell behaviors by binding to extracellular matrix and binding growth factors. In mouse blood cells, syndecan expression is restricted to cells of the B-cell lineage where it is expressed by pre-B cells and plasma cells, but is absent from circulating B cells. In the present study, we examined the expression, structure, and function...
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