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题目:: Roles of nectins in cell adhesion, signaling and polarization.
作者:: Irie(K),Shimizu(K),Sakisaka(T),Ikeda(W),Takai(Y)
状态:: 发布时间2010-05-10 , 更新时间 2010-05-10
期刊:: Handb Exp Pharmacol
摘要:: Nectins are Ca(2+)-independent immunoglobulin-like cell-cell adhesion molecules which constitute a family of four members. Nectins homophilically and heterophilically trans-interact and cause cell-cell adhesion. This nectin-based cell-cell adhesion plays roles in the organization of adherens junctions in epithelial cells and fibroblasts and synaptic junctions in neurons in cooperation with cadherins. The nectin-based cell-cell adhesion plays roles in the contacts between commissural axons and floor plate cells and in the organization of Sertoli cell-spermatid junctions in the testis, independently of cadherins. Nectins furthermore regulate intracellular signaling through Cdc42 and Rac small G proteins and cell polarization through cell polarity proteins. Pathologically, nectins serve as entry and cell-cell spread mediators of herpes simplex viruses.
语言:: eng
DOI:: 10.1007/978-3-540-68170-0_11

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