Tight junction proteins (TJ proteins) are molecules situated at the tight junctions of epithelial, endothelial and myelinated cells. This multiprotein...
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proteins composing the tight junctions. These proteins consist of both transmembrane and cytoplasmic proteins. The three major transmembrane proteins...
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Tight junction protein are proteins that are involved in the formation and functioning of tight junctions; "Tight junction protein" may refer to: TJP1...
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belongs to the family of zonula occludens proteins (ZO-1, ZO-2, and ZO-3), which are tight junction-associated proteins and of which, ZO-1 is the first to be...
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Tight junction protein ZO-2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TJP2 gene. Tight junction proteins (TJPs) belong to a family of membrane-associated...
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approximately 40 proteins identified to be involved in tight junctions. These proteins can be classified into four major categories;signalling proteins. Scaffolding...
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at tight junctions as the molecule adheres to other tight junction proteins like PAR-3 and ZO-1. JAM-2 has been shown to interact with these proteins, primarily...
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renamed gap junctions to distinguish them from tight junctions. They bridge a 2-4 nm gap between cell membranes. Gap junctions use protein complexes known...
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Cell adhesion (section Tight junctions)
to anchoring junctions, intracellular domains of these tight junction proteins are bound with scaffold proteins that keep these proteins in clusters and...
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kiwifruit, the enzyme is under preliminary research for its effect on tight junction proteins of intestinal epithelial cells. Actinidain is commercially useful...
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cardiomyocytes. Adherens junctions are composed of the following proteins: cadherins. The cadherins are a family of transmembrane proteins that form homodimers...
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these tight junction proteins is stabilized to the endothelial cell membrane by another protein complex that includes scaffolding proteins such as tight junction...
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Occludin (section Protein structure)
plasma-membrane protein localized at the tight junctions. Together with Claudins, and zonula occludens-1 (ZO-1), occludin has been considered a staple of tight junctions...
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neural crest cells are initially anchored to neighboring cells by tight junction proteins such as occludin and cell adhesion molecules such as NCAM and N-Cadherin...
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González-Mariscal L, Betanzos A, Nava P, Jaramillo BE (2003). "Tight junction proteins". Prog. Biophys. Mol. Biol. 81 (1): 1–44. doi:10.1016/S0079-6107(02)00037-8...
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and source epithelia: barrier function aligns with expression of tight junction proteins". Journal of Experimental Biology. 214 (17): 2871–2882. doi:10...
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Cormier E, Lavillette D, Cosset FL, Dragic T (Mar 2008). "The Tight Junction Proteins Claudin-1, -6, and -9 Are Entry Cofactors for Hepatitis C Virus"...
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not alter tight or adherens junctions organization. However, it leads to increased levels of the mRNA encoding the tight junction proteins ZO-3 and claudin-2...
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Gap junction proteins Gap junction α (GJA) proteins GJA1, Cx43, gap junction alpha-1 protein GJA2, Cx38, gap junction alpha-2 protein GJA3, Cx46, gap...
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Claudin (category Cell adhesion proteins)
family of proteins which, along with occludin, are the most important components of the tight junctions (zonulae occludentes). Tight junctions establish...
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González-Mariscal L, Betanzos A, Nava P, Jaramillo BE (2003). "Tight junction proteins". Prog. Biophys. Mol. Biol. 81 (1): 1–44. doi:10.1016/S0079-6107(02)00037-8...
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Several proteins are required for the pedicels to wrap around the capillaries and function. When infants are born with certain defects in these proteins, such...
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Cormier E, Lavillette D, Cosset FL, Dragic T (Mar 2008). "The tight junction proteins claudin-1, -6, and -9 are entry cofactors for hepatitis C virus"...
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claudin family. Claudins are integral membrane proteins and components of tight junction strands. Tight junction strands serve as a physical barrier to prevent...
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ions and macromolecules, basically due to higher expression of tight junction proteins. Because the lumen of the gastrointestinal tract is exposed to...
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pathogenesis of syphilis. It does this by reducing the expression of tight junction proteins, which in turn increases the expression of adhesion molecules and...
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these processes are, among others, the transmembrane proteins occludin, claudins, tight junction protein ZO-1, cadherins, catenins and actinin, which are...
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GJA1 (redirect from Gap junction protein, alpha 1)
development through controlling the tight junction proteins in the blood-testis barrier. While it is a channel protein, GJA1 can also perform channel-independent...
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Crohn's disease (category Membrane transport protein disorders)
the intestine from gut bacteria. Epithelial cells are joined by tight junction proteins, which are reduced by Crohn's-linked polymorphisms. In particular...
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membrane protein, which belongs to the claudin family. The protein is a component of tight junction strands and may play a role in internal organ development...
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