OBJECTIVES To investigate whether disturbance of the cellular homoeostasis and integrity of cardiomyocytes in dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is accompanied by alterations in cell-matrix relations as indicated by changes in the deposition of fibronectin (FN) isoforms. DESIGN Tissue from a case series of patients with DCM was investigated by immunohistochemistry with antibodies against FN (all va...

Plasma fibronectin (Fn) induces phagocytosis of C3b-opsonized sheep erythrocytes (EC3b) by human peripheral blood monocytes. However, Fn does not induce erythrophagocytosis of EC3b by human polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN), unless the PMN have been exposed to C5a or N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine. Because of this difference, it is of great interest to examine Fn binding to cells that...

‎The largest class of hyperstructures is the one which satisfies the weak properties; these are called $H_{v}$-structures‎. ‎In this paper we introduce a special product of elements in $H_{v}$-group $H$ and define a new class of $H_{v}$-groups called strongly $H_{v}$-groups‎. ‎Then we show that in strongly $H_{v}$-groups $beta=beta^{ast}$‎. ‎Also we express $theta$-hyperoperation and investigat...

Biofunctional peptide FNIII14, which is derived from the 14th fibronectin (FN) type III-like (FN-III) repeat of FN molecule, capable inhibiting cell adhesion to extracellular matrix (ECM). This functional site usually buried within molecular structure FN, but can be exposed by conformational changes and proteolytic cleavage. Peptide FNIII14 induce a change in β1-integrin active inactive form, c...

We have examined the contribution of adhesion mechanisms to cell invasiveness by growing chicken embryo fibroblasts (CEF) or Rous sarcoma virus-transformed cells (RSVCEF) on fibronectin-coated crosslinked gelatin beads (FN-beads). RSVCEF attached more readily and spread more rapidly on FN-beads than CEF, suggesting an increase in the adhesion-related motility of the transformed cells. In additi...

Adherence of microbes to host tissues is a hallmark of infectious disease and is often mediated by a class of adhesins termed MSCRAMMs (Microbial Surface Components Recognizing Adhesive Matrix Molecules). Numerous pathogens express MSCRAMMs that specifically bind the heterodimeric human glycoprotein fibronectin (Fn). In addition to roles in adhesion, Fn-binding MSCRAMMs exploit physiological Fn...

Monocytes remodel the extracellular matrix (ECM) by secreting proteins composing the ECM such as fibronectin (FN) and degrading proteases such as matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9), which cleaves FN into fragments. The effects of FN and its fragmented products on the expression of monocyte MMP-9 are controversial and largely unknown. We showed that in human monocytes, the proinflammatory cytoki...

Fusobacterium nucleatum (F. nucleatum, Fn) is associated with the colorectal cancer (CRC). Fn-infection could induce significant levels of serum Fn-specific antibodies in human and mice. The objective of this study was to identify Fn-infection that elicit a humoral response in patients with CRC and evaluate the diagnostic performance of serum anti-Fn antibodies. In this work, we showed the mean...

Let Fn be the set of cuspidal automorphic representations π GLn over a number field with unitary central character. We prove two unconditional large sieve inequalities for Hecke eigenvalues π∈Fn, one on integers and primes. The second leads to first zero density estimate family L-functions L(s,π) associated which we make log-free. As an application estimate, hybrid subconvexity bound L(12,π) su...

Cells of the neural crest participate in a major class of cell migratory events during embryonic development. From indirect evidence, it has been suggested that fibronectin (FN) might be involved in these events. We have directly tested the role of FN in neural crest cell adhesion and migration using several in vitro model systems. Avian trunk neural crest cells adhered readily to purified plas...