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SUBMITTER: Tanabe H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2923609 | biostudies-other | 2010
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Tanabe Hideyuki H Takayama Issei I Nishiyama Takashi T Shimazaki Masashi M Kii Isao I Li Minqi M Amizuka Norio N Katsube Ken-ichi K Kudo Akira A
PloS one 20100818 8
<h4>Background</h4>Matricellular proteins, including periostin, modulate cell-matrix interactions and cell functions by acting outside of cells.<h4>Methods and findings</h4>In this study, however, we reported that periostin physically associates with the Notch1 precursor at its EGF repeats in the inside of cells. Moreover, by using the periodontal ligament of molar from periostin-deficient adult mice (Pn-/- molar PDL), which is a constitutively mechanically stressed tissue, we found that periost ...[more]