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FRONTIERS OF MEDICINE
Volume 8, Issue 1, Pages 6-16Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11684-014-0317-3
Keywords
signal transduction; transmembrane domain; nanodisc; integrin; talin; kindling; cell adhesion
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- NHLBI NIH HHS [P01 HL031950] Funding Source: Medline
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Proper cell-cell and cell-matrix contacts mediated by integrin adhesion receptors are important for development, immune response, hemostasis and wound healing. Integrins pass trans-membrane signals bidirectionally through their regulated affinities for extracellular ligands and intracellular signaling molecules. Such bidirectional signaling by integrins is enabled by the conformational changes that are often linked among extracellular, transmembrane and cytoplasmic domains. Here, we review how talin-integrin and kindlin-integrin interactions, in cooperation with talin-lipid and kindlin-lipid interactions, regulate integrin affinities and how the progress in these areas helps us understand integrin-related diseases.
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