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SUBMITTER: Zhong M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4025648 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhong Min M Gadek Thomas R TR Bui Minna M Shen Wang W Burnier John J Barr Kenneth J KJ Hanan Emily J EJ Oslob Johan D JD Yu Chul H CH Zhu Jiang J Arkin Michelle R MR Evanchik Marc J MJ Flanagan W Mike WM Hoch Ute U Hyde Jennifer J Prabhu Saileta S Silverman Jeffrey A JA Wright Jasmin J
ACS medicinal chemistry letters 20120131 3
LFA-1/ICAM-1 interaction is essential in support of inflammatory and specific T-cell regulated immune responses by mediating cell adhesion, leukocyte extravasation, migration, antigen presentation, formation of immunological synapse, and augmentation of T-cell receptor signaling. The increase of ICAM-1 expression levels in conjunctival epithelial cells and acinar cells was observed in animal models and patients diagnosed with dry eye. Therefore, it has been hypothesized that small molecule LFA-1 ...[more]