"Vitronectin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A blood plasma glycoprotein that mediates cell adhesion and interacts with proteins of the complement, coagulation, and fibrinolytic cascade. (From Segen, Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 1992)
| Descriptor ID |
D019096
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.124.920 D12.776.395.970 D12.776.860.300.920
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Vitronectin" by people in Profiles.
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The initial steps of ovarian cancer cell metastasis are mediated by MMP-2 cleavage of vitronectin and fibronectin. J Clin Invest. 2008 Apr; 118(4):1367-79.
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Impact of defined matrix interactions on insulin production by cultured human beta-cells: effect on insulin content, secretion, and gene transcription. Diabetes. 2006 Oct; 55(10):2723-9.
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Extracellular matrix remodeling by human granzyme B via cleavage of vitronectin, fibronectin, and laminin. J Biol Chem. 2005 Jun 24; 280(25):23549-58.
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Integrin alpha(v)beta(3)/vitronectin interaction affects expression of the urokinase system in human ovarian cancer cells. J Biol Chem. 2001 Jul 13; 276(28):26340-8.
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GRASP: a novel heparin-binding serum glycoprotein that mediates oligodendrocyte-substratum adhesion. J Neurosci Res. 1994 Nov 01; 39(4):457-73.