Function of junctional adhesion molecules (JAMs) in leukocyte migration and homeostasis

Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 15-23

  Arcangeli, Marie Laure ^a,b,c,d   Frontera, Vincent ^a,b,c,d   Aurrand Lions, Michel ^a,b,c,d  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d INSTITUT PAOLI CALMETTES   (France)

Author keywords

Bone marrow; Chemokine secretion; Lymph node; Transendothelial migration

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; JUNCTIONAL ADHESION MOLECULE; JUNCTIONAL ADHESION MOLECULE A; JUNCTIONAL ADHESION MOLECULE B; JUNCTIONAL ADHESION MOLECULE C; PROTEIN ESAM; STROMAL CELL DERIVED FACTOR 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL ACTIVATION; CELL CONTACT; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DOWN REGULATION; GRANULOCYTE; HEMATOPOIESIS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE ADHERENCE; LEUKOCYTE MIGRATION; LYMPH NODE; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; JUNCTIONAL ADHESION MOLECULES; LEUKOCYTES; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

EID: 84872615024     PISSN: 0004069X     EISSN: 16614917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00005-012-0199-5     Document Type: Review

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