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SUBMITTER: Luong P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6226287 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Luong Phi P Hedl Matija M Yan Jie J Zuo Tao T Fu Tian-Min TM Jiang Xiaomo X Thiagarajah Jay R JR Hansen Steen H SH Lesser Cammie F CF Wu Hao H Abraham Clara C Lencer Wayne I WI
eLife 20181025
Homeostasis at mucosal surfaces requires cross-talk between the environment and barrier epithelial cells. Disruption of barrier function typifies mucosal disease. Here we elucidate a bifunctional role in coordinating this cross-talk for the inflammatory bowel disease risk-gene <i>INAVA</i>. Both activities require INAVA's DUF3338 domain (renamed CUPID). CUPID stably binds the cytohesin ARF-GEF ARNO to effect lateral membrane F-actin assembly underlying cell-cell junctions and barrier function. U ...[more]