Adherens junctions (AJs) meet the dual challenge of maintaining tissue architecture and facilitating cell movement during tissue development and renewal. Across animal species, classic cadherins ...

These connective structures, called adherens junctions, play important roles in tissue development and renewal, but remain poorly understood, said Sergey Troyanovsky, Ph.D., professor of ...

Researchers report the first evidence in living organisms that adherens junctions, the 'glue' between cells, actively respond to mechanical cues by remodeling their position and intensity ...

The platelet in the steady state maintains the molecular integrity of the adherens junction by constitutively releasing a panoply of endothelial trophogens including brain-derived neurotrophic ...

Adherent junctions contribute to bacterial virulence The membranes of our epithelial cells are equipped with adherens junctions, which contribute to maintaining the integrity of our tissues.

Prox1+ fibroblasts form part of the inner layer of the arachnoid mater. They are glued to arachnoid barrier cells via adherens junctions. Tracer injections show the arachnoid mater acts as the sole ...

"Our work also shows the importance of force transmission to be regulated by the ability of epithelial tissues to interact with each other through adherens junctions with potential in ...

In 21 chapters, the volume covers each of the main junction types—tight junctions, adherens junctions, and desmosomes—as well as the more specialized junctions of neuronal and immune cells.

Through comparative transcriptome analysis, Professor Kai-Chien Yang's group identified the adherens junction protein ...

The strong mechanical attachments – the "glue"—that hold together the cells of the skin and the other epithelial tissues of the body are the adherens junctions. Recent research on Drosophila ...