Integrins in GtoPdb v.2023.1

Integrins in immunity.

A successful immune response depends on the capacity of immune cells to travel from one location in the body to another--these cells are rapid migrators, travelling at speeds of microm/minute. Their ability to penetrate into tissues and to make contacts with other cells depends chiefly on the beta2 integrin known as LFA-1. For this reason, we describe the control of its activity in some detail....

Integrins in vascular development.

Many growth factors and their protein kinase receptors play a role in regulating vascular development. In addition, cell adhesion molecules, such as integrins and their ligands in the extracellular matrix, play important roles in the adhesion, migration, proliferation, survival and differentiation of the cells that form the vasculature. Some integrins are known to be regulated by angiogenic gro...

Integrins in invasive growth.

Integrins in vascular development.

In recent years, there has been a sustained interest in vascularization processes. Much, if not all, of the work has included the concept of new vessel morphogenesis. Surprisingly, most of the work has not addressed developmental mechanisms directly, but rather as an offshoot of a disease process, wound healing process, or from the perspective of inducing vessels in an ischemic site. One theme ...

Integrins in hypertensive remodeling.

As nurse Abby in the popular television series “E.R.” well knew (http://www.erheadquarters.com/episodes/ 10/10204.htm), the law of Laplace states that wall stress equals pressure times radius divided by wall thickness. This law leaves 2 options for a vessel to normalize its wall stress in hypertension: either reorganize the available material around a smaller lumen or undergo hypertrophy. In va...