M-cadherin, a calcium-dependent intercellular adhesion molecule, is expressed in skeletal muscle cells. Its pattern of expression, both in vivo and in cell culture as well as functional studies, have implied that M-cadherin is important for skeletal muscle development, in particular the fusion of myoblasts into myotubes. M-cadherin formed complexes with the catenins in skeletal muscle cells sim...

AIMS Microvascular endothelial barrier breakdown in sepsis precedes organ failure and death in patients. We tested the hypothesis that the formation of endothelium-derived soluble vascular endothelial (VE)-cadherin fragments (sVE-cadherin) is involved in inflammation-induced endothelial barrier disruption. METHODS AND RESULTS Incubation of human dermal microvascular endothelial cells (HDMEC) ...

Although TGF-β is known to be related tumor proliferation, invasion and epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), its effects on oral carcinomas remain unclear. This study aimed elucidate the of squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). In present in vitro study, three human OSCC lines; SAS (tongue cancer), Ca9-22 (mandibular gingival cancer) HSC-3 (cervical lymph nodes metastasis tongue were treated with...

P-cadherin is a subclass of Ca2+-dependent cell-cell adhesion molecules present in mouse placenta, where its localization suggests a function of connecting the embryo to the uterus (Nose, A., and M. Takeichi. 1986. J. Cell Biol. 103:2649-2658). We recently identified a human cadherin detected by an mAb capable of disrupting cell-cell adhesion of A-431 cells, and found that it was closely relate...

BACKGROUND Cadherins are calcium-dependent cell-to-cell adhesion glycoproteins playing a critical role in the formation and maintenance of normal tissue architecture. In normal mammary gland, E-cadherin is expressed by luminal epithelial cells, while P-cadherin is restricted to myoepithelial cells. Changes in the expression of classical E- and P-cadherins have been observed in mammary lesions a...

The Ca2+-dependent cell adhesion molecules, termed cadherins, were previously divided into two subclasses, E- and N-types, with different adhesive specificity. In this study, we identified a novel class of cadherin, termed P-cadherin, using a visceral endoderm cell line PSA5-E. This cadherin was a 118,000-D glycoprotein and distinct from E- and N-cadherins in immunological specificity and molec...

AIMS To compare the expression of the cell adhesion molecules P-cadherin, N-cadherin, and E-cadherin in invasive and in situ breast carcinomas relative to clinicopathological features (size, node status, type, grade, and receptors) to determine whether expression patterns relate to specific tumour characteristics. METHODS Using immunohistochemistry, 110 invasive and in situ breast carcinomas ...

Nonsyndromic microtia is a kind of congenital ear malformation with unclear pathogenic genes. Cadherin-11 (CDH11, OB-cadherin) member the cadherin family, which has been demonstrated to play important roles in controlling morphogenesis and cell biological characteristics during multiple developmental processes. In present study, we found low expression CDH11 cartilage compared normal one for fi...

P-Cadherin/CDH3 belongs to the family of classic cadherins that are engaged in various cellular activities including motility, invasion, and signaling of tumor cells, in addition to cell adhesion. However, the biological roles of P-cadherin itself are not fully characterized. Based on information derived from a previous genome-wide cDNA microarray analysis of microdissected pancreatic ductal ad...