"Tetraspanins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A large superfamily of cell surface membrane proteins characterized by their four transmembrane domains. They play a role in a variety of processes such as cellular adhesion and motility. They may be involved in the organization of cell surface MEMBRANE MICRODOMAINS that regulate the activation of LEUKOCYTES.
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D059470
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.543.900
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| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Tetraspanins" by people in Profiles.
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Machine learning-assisted elucidation of CD81-CD44 interactions in promoting cancer stemness and extracellular vesicle integrity. Elife. 2022 10 04; 11.
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Circulating CD81-expressing extracellular vesicles as biomarkers of response for immune-checkpoint inhibitors in advanced NSCLC. Front Immunol. 2022; 13:987639.