The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has caused immense suffering and economic hardship to millions of people worldwide. To date, the mechanism of infection by SARS-CoV-2 ...
Cell adhesion to the extracellular matrix (ECM) is vital for multicellular life and is predominantly mediated by a family of transmembrane cell-surface receptors named integrins. To date, 24 distinct ...
Researchers from the US and China summarize the role of integrins in cancer cells and the current status of anti-integrin therapy for cancer Globally, human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the sixth ...
In a recent study published on the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers assess the Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) motif-mediated binding of the receptor-binding domain (RBD) of the severe acute respiratory ...
Newly unveiled startup Morphic Therapeutic hopes that it’s solved some of the technical challenges that have hindered integrin-targeting therapeutics. It’s got more insight into their mechanism of ...
The immune system plays a dual role in inflammation and cancer development. Immune system effector cells rapidly recognize and kill malignant cells; meanwhile, immune system-mediated inflammation ...
Protein evolution occurs slowly via small incremental mutations—usually. However, dramatic changes can happen: for instance, a fragment of one protein getting copied into the middle of another. While ...
The development of keratinocytes in the skin provides one of the clearest examples of a regulated change in cellular adhesion. Basal stem cells and their immediate progeny, the pluripotent “transit” ...