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SUBMITTER: Wang Q
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4140282 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang Qin Q Wang Yongqiang Y Fritz Dominik D Rajshankar Dhaarmini D Downey Gregory P GP McCulloch Christopher A CA
The Journal of biological chemistry 20140512 26
Interleukin-1 (IL-1) signaling in fibroblasts is mediated through focal adhesions, organelles that are enriched with adaptor and cytoskeletal proteins that regulate signal transduction. We examined interactions of the focal adhesion kinase (FAK) with protein-tyrosine phosphatase-α (PTP-α) in IL-1 signaling. In wild type and FAK knock-out mouse embryonic fibroblasts, we found by immunoblotting, immunoprecipitation, immunostaining, and gene silencing that FAK is required for IL-1-mediated sequestr ...[more]