Hemonectin, a component of bone marrow extracellular matrix, is a lineage- and organ-specific attachment molecule for cells of the granulocytic lineage. We hypothesized that hemonectin is an important marker of fetal granulopoiesis that is developmentally regulated during the ontogeny of the hematopoietic system. Murine hematopoiesis originates in the yolk sac and subsequently appears in the li...

We have demonstrated recently that calreticulin, an intracellular calcium-binding protein, can interact with the alpha-subunits of integrin receptors via the highly conserved KXGFFKR amino acid sequence present in the cytoplasmic domains of all integrin alpha-subunits (Rojiani et al. (1991) Biochemistry 30, 9859-9866). Here we demonstrate that calreticulin can be co-localized by immunofluoresce...

introduction: it is well know that fetal distress is one of the important causes of fetus perinatal morbidity and mortality. in this study, we sought to evaluate the association between umbilical coiling index and fetal distress.material and method:this was a case- control study conducted on 90 term pregnant women. study group had fetal distress (abnormal fetal heart rate, meconium staining, ap...