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SUBMITTER: Lou J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2064400 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lou Jizhong J Yago Tadayuki T Klopocki Arkadiusz G AG Mehta Padmaja P Chen Wei W Zarnitsyna Veronika I VI Bovin Nicolai V NV Zhu Cheng C McEver Rodger P RP
The Journal of cell biology 20060901 7
L-selectin requires a threshold shear to enable leukocytes to tether to and roll on vascular surfaces. Transport mechanisms govern flow-enhanced tethering, whereas force governs flow-enhanced rolling by prolonging the lifetimes of L-selectin-ligand complexes (catch bonds). Using selectin crystal structures, molecular dynamics simulations, site-directed mutagenesis, single-molecule force and kinetics experiments, Monte Carlo modeling, and flow chamber adhesion studies, we show that eliminating a ...[more]