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| Domain | Definition |
Health | Surface ligands, usually glycoproteins, that mediate cell-to-cell adhesion. Their functions include the assembly and interconnection of various vertebrate systems, as well as maintenance of tissue integration, wound healing, morphogenic movements, cellular migrations, and metastasis. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: CELL ADHESION MOLECULES |
| Specialty definitions using "CELL ADHESION MOLECULES": Antigens, CD31 ♦ Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal, Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuron-Glia ♦ Genes, DCC. (references) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Epithelial cells of blood vessels and various types of immune cells normally display certain cell adhesion molecules on their surface. (references) | |
Cell adhesion molecules influence many important functions, such as the entry of immune cells into the damaged spinal cord and the pathfinding of growing axons. (references) | ||
Cells change their cell adhesion molecules during development and in adulthood when they encounter foreign molecules, sense damaged tissue in the vicinity, or detect cytokines. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expression using "CELL ADHESION MOLECULES": Neural Cell Adhesion Molecules. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "CELL ADHESION MOLECULES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Italian | molecola adesiva. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | ellcay adhesionay oleculesmay | ||||
| 1. Crosswords 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Quotations: Non-fiction 4. Expressions | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Bibliography |
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