Vimentin is a structural protein that in humans is encoded by the VIM gene. Its name comes from the Latin vimentum which refers to an array of flexible...

Detection of autoantibodies against mutated citrullinated vimentin is part of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) diagnostics, especially in sera negative for rheumatoid...

be enzymatically converted into citrulline residues in proteins such as vimentin, by a process called citrullination. If their shapes are significantly...

primitive mesenchyme. Hence, they express the intermediate filament protein vimentin, a feature used as a marker to distinguish their mesodermal origin. However...

sequences across IF families. The N-terminal "head domain" binds DNA. Vimentin heads are able to alter nuclear architecture and chromatin distribution...

The vimentin 3′ UTR protein-binding region is an RNA element that contains a Y-shaped structure which has been shown to have protein-binding activity....

activating Vimentin during EMT. PKC-iota inhibition or knockdown resulted in an increase in E-cadherin and RhoA levels while decreasing total Vimentin, phosphorylated...

they were thought to be cytoskeletal elements and to consist primarily of vimentin. However, more recent research suggested that that was incorrect and that...

Abundant mucin with clefts. Up to 30% have an associated epithelial component Vimentin; variable staining with CD34, factor XIIIA, SMA1, MSA2 and S-100 20–30%...

related to the other three non-epithelial type III IF family members, vimentin, desmin and peripherin, which are all involved in the structure and function...

integron-encoded metallo-β-lactamase, a type of Beta-lactamase enzyme Vimentin, a protein VIM-1, a single board computer Vendor Independent Messaging...

citrullinated vimentin (MCV) may be useful for monitoring effects of RA therapy. An ELISA system utilises genetically modified citrullinated vimentin (MCV),...

Masazumi (September 2001). "Subcellular Distribution of Cytokeratin and Vimentin in Malignant Rhabdoid Tumor: Three-Dimensional Imaging with Confocal Laser...

it binds to cell surface nucleolin, and induces the expression of vimentin. Vimentin is important in the epithelial–mesenchymal transition associated with...

and several histone proteins, whereas other proteins, such as fibrin and vimentin are susceptible to citrullination during cell death and tissue inflammation...

mainly found in epithelial cells. Type 3 intermediate filaments contain vimentin. They can be found in a variety of cells which include smooth muscle cells...

examination. Immunohistochemistry stains positive against the proteins vimentin and S-100, and points to an ectodermal origin for the nodules. Their precise...

Immunofluorescence image of HeLa cells grown in tissue culture and stained with antibody to actin in green, vimentin in red and DNA in blue...

CEA and p16 positive and estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor and vimentin negative. Cervical pregnancy This article incorporates text in the public...

Type 1/2 (Keratin, Cytokeratin) Type 3 Desmin GFAP Peripherin Vimentin Type 4 Internexin Nestin Neurofilament NEFL NEFM NEFH Synemin Syncoilin Type 5 Nuclear...

antibody targeted against glioma. It works by binding to the ecto-domain of vimentin on the surface of cancer cells. developed by Nascent Biotech. It is in...

reorganization consists of vimentin being phosphorylated at Ser56 by a p21 activated kinase, resulting in some disassembly of vimentin polymers. Also, the number...

whereas mesenchymal cells express those of N-cadherin, fibronectin and vimentin. Thus, EMT entails profound morphological and phenotypic changes to a cell...

tissues. Some of the subunit proteins of intermediate filaments include vimentin, desmin, lamin (lamins A, B and C), keratin (multiple acidic and basic...

clusters, nests, and cords. Immunohistochemistry is typically positive for vimentin, cytokeratin, CD10, p53, and WT-1. Small cell ovarian carcinoma of the...

research also suggests a genetic predisposition due to an expression of vimentin, which indicates cellular migration by the keratoblasts embryological development...

correlated with the endoplasmic reticulum. Recent evidence suggests that vimentin, one of the components of the cytoskeleton, is also critical to the association...

65-year-old male.[citation needed] The cells exhibit CK5.6, AE1/AE3, E-cadherin, vimentin, chromogranin A, synaptophysin, SSTR2, and NTR1, but not CD56. The cells...

keratins which are expressed in epithelia. Type III contains the proteins vimentin, desmin, peripherin and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP). Type IV...

muscular dystrophy. Different intermediate filaments are: made of vimentins. Vimentin intermediate filaments are in general present in mesenchymal cells...