Formation of Tissues

General

Book Section

Integrating Cells into Tissues - From Molecular Cell Biology by Lodish et al.

• Cell-Cell Adhesion and Communication
• Cell-Matrix Adhesion
• Collagen: The Fibrous Proteins of the Matrix
• Noncollagen Components of the Extracellular Matrix

Integrins

Review Articles:

• Integrins: dynamic scaffolds for adhesion and signaling in platelets - Blood, 2004.
• Integrins in Mechanotransduction - J. Biol. Chem., 2004.
• New insights into the structural basis of integrin activation - Blood, 2003.
• The integrin–actin connection, an eternal love affair - EMBO J., 2003.
• Integrins: Redundant or Important Players in Skeletal Muscle? - J. Bio. Chem., 2003.
• Integrin activation takes shape - J. Cell Biology, 2002.
• Role of integrins in regulating epidermal adhesion, growth and differentiation - EMBO J., 2002.

Others

Regulation of Tissue Injury Responses by the Exposure of Matricryptic Sites within Extracellular Matrix Molecules - Am. J. Pathol., 2000.

Matricellular Proteins - J. Clin. Invest., 2001.

• Regulation of interactions between cells and extracellular matrix: a command performance on several stages
• The de-adhesive activity of matricellular proteins: is intermediate cell adhesion an adaptive state?
• Thrombospondins as matricellular modulators of cell function
• Syndecans: transmembrane modulators of adhesion and matrix assembly
• SPARC, a matricellular protein that functions in cellular differentiation and tissue response to injury
• Osteopontin as a means to cope with environmental insults: regulation of inflammation, tissue remodeling, and cell survival
• The Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: on beyond collagens