2016
Endothelial basement membrane laminin 511 is essential for shear stress response
Di Russo J, Luik A, Yousif L, Budny S, Oberleithner H, Hofschröer V, Klingauf J, van Bavel E, Bakker E, Hellstrand P, Bhattachariya A, Albinsson S, Pincet F, Hallmann R, Sorokin L. Endothelial basement membrane laminin 511 is essential for shear stress response. The EMBO Journal 2016, 36: 183-201. PMID: 27940654, PMCID: PMC5239996, DOI: 10.15252/embj.201694756.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCell-cell adhesion strengthLaminin-511Junctional complexesVE-cadherinIntegrin-mediated interactionsEndothelial basement membrane componentVinculin-positive focal adhesionsCatenin associationFocal adhesionsStress responseCell junctionsMembrane componentsBasement membrane componentsBasement membraneArterial endotheliumCortical stiffnessMechanotransductionPECAM-1Firm anchorageEndothelial basement membraneJunctional associationMembraneConsiderable informationComplexesAdhesion
2011
CD9 tetraspanin generates fusion competent sites on the egg membrane for mammalian fertilization
Jégou A, Ziyyat A, Barraud-Lange V, Perez E, Wolf J, Pincet F, Gourier C. CD9 tetraspanin generates fusion competent sites on the egg membrane for mammalian fertilization. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2011, 108: 10946-10951. PMID: 21690351, PMCID: PMC3131345, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1017400108.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdhesion sitesFusion-competent sitesWild-type eggsCD9 tetraspaninEgg membrane proteinsSperm-egg fusionMembrane proteinsGamete membranesMammalian fertilizationCompetent sitesGamete interactionAdhesion eventsTight proximityEgg membraneCD9TetraspaninsEggsFertilizationMembraneStrong-interaction modesAdhesion probabilitySitesFusionInteraction modesProtein