These physical signals are determined by the strength of intercellular contacts, the E-cadherin junctions. Moreover, they showed that cells are extruded either apically or basally into the tissue ...

Adult human hearts possess limited regenerative abilities, so losing cardiomyocytes (CMs) after injury can result in ...

ELISA was used to determine soluble VE-cadherin and soluble PECAM-1 shed from cells in response to CCL2 or vehicle treatment and present in the media. ELISA was performed according to the ...

(2015) Interfering with VE-PTP stabilizes endothelial junctions in vivo via Tie-2 in the absence of VE-cadherin. J Exp Med 212(13): 2267-2287 Vestweber D. (2015) How leukocytes cross the vascular ...