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SUBMITTER: Whiteford JR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3183016 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Whiteford James R JR Xian Xiaojie X Chaussade Claire C Vanhaesebroeck Bart B Nourshargh Sussan S Couchman John R JR
Molecular biology of the cell 20110803 19
Syndecan-2 is a heparan sulfate proteoglycan that has a cell adhesion regulatory domain contained within its extracellular core protein. Cell adhesion to the syndecan-2 extracellular domain (S2ED) is β1 integrin dependent; however, syndecan-2 is not an integrin ligand. Here the protein tyrosine phosphatase receptor CD148 is shown to be a key intermediary in cell adhesion to S2ED, with downstream β1 integrin-mediated adhesion and cytoskeletal organization. We show that S2ED is a novel ligand for ...[more]