News articles tagged with 'integrin'
Alpha-2 integrin: A protein predictor of tumour spread?
— 7 Dec 2010 16:58 | HealthMary Zutter and colleagues, at Vanderbilt University Medical Centre, Nashville, have generated data that lead them to suggest that decreased expression of the protein alpha-2 integrin…
UCLA team uncovers mechanism behind organ transplant rejection
— 19 Nov 2010 12:38 | HealthUCLA researchers have pinpointed the culprit behind chronic rejection of heart, lung and kidney transplants. Published in the Nov. 23 edition of Science Signaling, their findings suggest…
New finding in cell migration may be key to preventing clots, cancer spread
— 21 Jan 2010 17:14 | HealthResearchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine have discovered how cells in the body flatten out as they adhere to internal bodily surfaces, the first step…
Control of blood clotting by platelets described, provides medical promise
— 24 Nov 2009 13:50 | HealthCell fragments called platelets are essential to promote blood clotting. Virginia Tech faculty members and students have discovered novel molecular interactions at the surface of platelets…
Stanford scientists identify molecular powerbrokers involved in cancer's spread
— 4 Jun 2009 03:30 | HealthYou know the guy - he's your Facebook friend. The one who knows everyone. Secure at the centre of a dense web of relationships, he suggests causes and reconnects old friends like a…
Protein helps immune cells to divide and conquer
— 9 Mar 2009 11:00 | HealthResearchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified a key protein that is required for immune cells called B lymphocytes to divide and replicate…
Researchers block immune cell rush behind deadly sepsis
— 25 Feb 2009 13:18 | HealthResearchers have found a way to block the ability of white blood cells to sprint toward the sites of infection when such speed worsens the damage done by sepsis, the often fatal, whole-body…
Restless cells: Cause of serious genetic disease discovered
— 23 Feb 2009 15:30 | HealthWhite blood cells (leukocytes) are constantly streaming through our vasculature, searching for pathogens - however, in order to trigger an immune response they need to leave the vessels…
Researchers discover new drug target for inflammatory disease
— 23 Sep 2008 11:36 | HealthUC Davis researchers have defined a cellular process that promotes inflammation and, at the same time, found an important starting point for identifying and testing new drugs for diseases…
Integrins as receptors give insight into rotavirus and diarrhoea
— 1 Jul 2008 15:43 | HealthEleven years ago, Dr Mary Estes of Baylor College of Medicine and her colleagues discovered the first viral enterotoxin, rotavirus NSP4, a toxic protein that affects the intestines,…