Cell adhesion molecules families

Yoshihara Y Kawasaki M., Tamada A., Fujita H., et al. (1997). OCAM a new member of the neural cell adhesion molecule family related to zone-to-zone projection of olfactory and vomeronasal axons. J Neurosci 17, 5830-5842. 

Some bacteria not only adhere to the epithelial cells but also invade host cells using a mechanism resembling phagocytosis. Bioinvasive drug delivery systems have been developed based on this bacterial mechanism, where bacteria could be used as a vehicle to introduce drug compounds into host cells by means of multiple hi chain integrin cell receptors, which are members of the cell adhesion molecule family. ... 

LFA-1 Leucocyte function-associated antigcn-1 also known to be member of the (3-2 integrin family of cell adhesion molecules... 

Members of a Subfamily of family B Receptors Are Structurally Similar to Cell Adhesion Molecules... 

Cell adhesion molecules comprise several families 111... 

FIGURE 7-1 The immunoglobulin (Ig) gene family of molecules. Several varieties of Ig domain-containing molecules are contained within the Ig gene superfamily. Most are type I membrane proteins some have only Ig domains or other moieties that may convey function (see text). V, variable Ig domain C, constant Ig domain MAG, myelin-associated glycoprotein NCAM, neural cell adhesion molecule GPI, glycosylphosphatidyl-inositol EC, extracellular domain FN, fibronectin. 

Milner, R. and Campbell, I. L. The integrin family of cell adhesion molecules has multiple functions within the CNS. J. Neurosci. Res. 69 286-291,2002. 

Another family of cell adhesion molecules, the integrins, are the components of plasma membranes responsible for maintaining the link between cells and their extracellular associations. This link is not only mechanical but allows communication. 

Other cell adhesion molecules. Long before the discovery of integrins another class of transmembrane adhesion molecules were recognized as members of the immunoglobulin family. These were called cell... 

Our interest in such methylene acetal derivatives is connected with the design of mimetics of Sialyl Lewis X (sLex) 1, a proposed native ligand for the selectin family of cell adhesion molecules. sLex-selectin interactions have been... 

The contacts between two adjoining cell membranes are stabilized by specific cell adhesion molecules (CAMs), which include the Ca+2-dependent cadherins. These molecules appear to lead the way for cell-cell communications and are involved in mechanochemical transduction via cell-cell interactions. In some cell types, cadherins are concentrated within adherens junctions that are stretch-sensitive and their extracellular domains interact with cadherins on adjacent cells whereas their cytoplasmic domains provide attachment to the actin cytoskeleton via catenins and other cytoskeletal proteins. The Rho family is required for the establishment and maintenance of cadherin-based adherens junctions. The type of cadherin expressed in a cell can affect the specificity and the physiological properties of cell-cell interactions. 

Integrins are members of a laige family of transmembrane proteins that act as receptors for cell-adhesion molecules. Integrins are heteromeric proteins. The type of integrin expressed on the surface of a cell determines what kind of adhesion molecules and hence which cells can be bound. 

Integrins are a family of cell adhesion molecules that signal across the cell membrane. avPs is an integrin that is over-expressed in activated and proliferating endothelial cells, and hence... 

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