The role of junctional adhesion molecules in interactions between vascular cells

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Contributors

  • Triantafyllos Chavakis - , National Institutes of Health (NIH) (Author)
  • Valeria V. Orlova - , National Institutes of Health (NIH), Heidelberg University  (Author)

Abstract

Adhesive interactions between cells regulate tissue integrity as well as the process of inflammatory cell recruitment. Such intercellular interactions are regulated by adhesion receptors and can be homotypic, that is, between cells of the same type, for example, between adjacent endothelial cells in the vasculature, as well as heterotypic, that is, between different cells, such as the leukocyte endothelial interactions that take place during leukocyte extravasation. Emerging evidence points to the importance of the family of junctional adhesion molecules (JAMs), which are localized in interendothelial contacts and are implicated in the regulation of leukocyte extravasation. JAMs are members of the immunoglobulin superfamily and can undergo both homophilic and heterophilic interactions. This chapter deals with the role of JAMs in the regulation of adhesive interactions between vascular cells.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCell'Cell Interactions
EditorsSean P. Colgan
PublisherSpringer
Pages37-50
Edition1
ISBN (print)978-1-61737-618-4
Publication statusPublished - 2006
Peer-reviewedYes
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

SeriesMethods in Molecular Biology
Volume341
ISSN1064-3745

External IDs

PubMed 16799187
Scopus 33750614198

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