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Static Adhesion Assay for the Study of Integrin Activation in T Lymphocytes
Published on: June 13, 2014
Regulation of membrane traffic by integrin signaling
Sara A Wickström1, Reinhard Fässler
1Paul Gerson Unna group Skin Homeostasis and Ageing, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Gleueler Strasse 50a, 50937 Cologne, Germany. Wickstroem@age.mpg.de
Abstract:
Membrane trafficking pathways function to sort and transport cargoes to various intracellular compartments and to the plasma membrane. This allows precise spatiotemporal control of processes such as signal transduction, which in turn is crucial for complex cell functions such as cell division, migration and polarity. Recent studies identified cell-matrix adhesions as regulators of exocytosis, endocytosis and the recycling machinery, thus establishing a new layer of crosstalk between cell adhesion and signaling. This review discusses these findings and considers their implications for signaling events downstream of integrins and growth factor receptors.
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