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Versatile hemidesmosomal linker proteins: Structure and function

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2015
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Chaudhari, Pratik R. ; Vaidya, Milind M.
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F. Hernández y Juan F. Madrid. Universidad de Murcia: Departamento de Biología Celular e Histología
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https://doi.org/10.14670/HH-30.425
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Abstract
Hemidesmosomes are anchoring junctions which connect basal epidermal cells to the extracellular matrix. In complex epithelia like skin, hemidesmosomes are composed of transmembrane proteins like α6β4 integrin, BP180, CD151 and cytoplasmic proteins like BPAG1e and plectin. BPAG1e and plectin are plakin family cytolinker proteins which anchor intermediate filament proteins i.e. keratins to the hemidesmosomal transmembrane proteins. Mutations in BPAG1e and plectin lead to severe skin blistering disorders. Recent reports indicate that these hemidesmosomal linker proteins play a role in various cellular processes like cell motility and cytoskeleton dynamics apart from their known anchoring function. In this review, we will discuss their role in structural and signaling functions.
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BPAG1e , Cancer , Cytoskeletal proteins , Hemidesmosome
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Histology and Histopathology, Vol. 30, n.º 4 (2015)
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http://hdl.handle.net/10201/88730
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