Journal
MATRIX BIOLOGY
Volume 57-58, Issue -, Pages 213-243Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.matbio.2016.08.007
Keywords
Integrin; Laminin; CD151; Tumorigenesis; Metastasis; Rho family GTPases
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- Dutch Cancer Society
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Integrins play an important role in cell adhesion by linking the cytoskeleton of cells to components in the extracellular matrix. In this capacity, integrins cooperate with different cell surface receptors, including growth factor receptors and G-protein coupled receptors, to regulate intracellular signaling pathways that control cell polarization, spreading, migration, survival, and gene expression. A distinct subfamily of molecules in the integrin family of adhesion receptors is formed by receptors that mediate cell adhesion to laminins, major components of the basement membrane that lie under clusters of cells or surround them, separating them from other cells and/or adjacent connective tissue. During the past decades, many studies have provided evidence for a role of laminin-binding integrins in tumorigenesis, and both tumor-promoting and suppressive activities have been identified. In this review we discuss the dual role of the laminin-binding integrins alpha 3 beta 1 and alpha 6 beta 4 in tumor development and progression, and examine the factors and mechanisms involved in these opposing effects. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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