Cell adhesion is the process by which cells form contacts with each other or with their substratum through specialized protein complexes. Intercellular adhesion can be mediated by adherens ...

Maher, P. A. et al. Phosphotyrosine-containing proteins are concentrated in focal adhesions and intercellular junctions in normal cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 82 ...

This adhesion plays a critical role in controlling ... forming "tight junctions" to seal the intercellular space to control the intake of nutrients while preventing their leakage.

Epithelial tissues are in constant interaction with their environment. Maintaining their functionality requires dynamic ...

AIC-100 is under clinical development by AffyImmune Therapeutics and currently in Phase I for Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer.

Loricrin comprises up to 80% of protein on terminally differentiated keratinocyte cell surfaces, desmoglein-1 and desmocollin-1 are involved in intercellular keratinocyte adhesion, and ...