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SUBMITTER: Rosetti F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4567551 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rosetti Florencia F Chen Yunfeng Y Sen Mehmet M Thayer Elizabeth E Azcutia Veronica V Herter Jan M JM Luscinskas F William FW Cullere Xavier X Zhu Cheng C Mayadas Tanya N TN
Cell reports 20150312 10
Leukocyte CD18 integrins increase their affinity for ligand by transmitting allosteric signals to and from their ligand-binding αI domain. Mechanical forces induce allosteric changes that paradoxically slow dissociation by increasing the integrin/ligand bond lifetimes, referred to as catch bonds. Mac-1 formed catch bonds with its ligands. However, a Mac-1 gene (ITGAM) coding variant (rs1143679, R77H), which is located in the β-propeller domain and is significantly associated with systemic lupus ...[more]