"Integrin alpha Chains" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The alpha subunits of integrin heterodimers (INTEGRINS), which mediate ligand specificity. There are approximately 18 different alpha chains, exhibiting great sequence diversity; several chains are also spliced into alternative isoforms. They possess a long extracellular portion (1200 amino acids) containing a MIDAS (metal ion-dependent adhesion site) motif, and seven 60-amino acid tandem repeats, the last 4 of which form EF HAND MOTIFS. The intracellular portion is short with the exception of INTEGRIN ALPHA4.
| Descriptor ID |
D039001
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.543.750.705.408.100
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| Concept/Terms |
Integrin alpha Chains- Integrin alpha Chains
- alpha Chains, Integrin
- Integrin alpha Subunits
- alpha Integrins
- Integrins, alpha
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| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Integrin alpha Chains" by people in Profiles.
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Ghoneum M, Felo N, Agrawal S, Agrawal A. A novel kefir product (PFT) activates dendritic cells to induce CD4+T and CD8+T cell responses in vitro. Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol. 2015 Dec; 28(4):488-96.
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Moon HG, Kim SH, Gao J, Quan T, Qin Z, Osorio JC, Rosas IO, Wu M, Tesfaigzi Y, Jin Y. CCN1 secretion and cleavage regulate the lung epithelial cell functions after cigarette smoke. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2014 Aug 15; 307(4):L326-37.
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Engel BE, Welsh E, Emmons MF, Santiago-Cardona PG, Cress WD. Expression of integrin alpha 10 is transcriptionally activated by pRb in mouse osteoblasts and is downregulated in multiple solid tumors. Cell Death Dis. 2013 Nov 28; 4:e938.