2012
Neuropilin-1 Stimulates Tumor Growth by Increasing Fibronectin Fibril Assembly in the Tumor Microenvironment
Yaqoob U, Cao S, Shergill U, Jagavelu K, Geng Z, Yin M, de Assuncao TM, Cao Y, Szabolcs A, Thorgeirsson S, Schwartz M, Yang JD, Ehman R, Roberts L, Mukhopadhyay D, Shah VH. Neuropilin-1 Stimulates Tumor Growth by Increasing Fibronectin Fibril Assembly in the Tumor Microenvironment. Cancer Research 2012, 72: 4047-4059. PMID: 22738912, PMCID: PMC3421041, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-11-3907.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFibronectin fibril assemblyTumor growthTumor microenvironmentNeuropilin-1Fibril assemblyStromal myofibroblastsNonreceptor tyrosine kinase c-AblTyrosine kinase c-AblHuman cancer specimensNew molecular mechanismCancer cell invasionNRP-1 levelsSerine 612Intracellular associationExtracellular domainMatrix stiffnessMolecular mechanismsC-AblGenetic depletionMatrix proteinsCell invasionClinical outcomesCancer specimensTherapeutic targetingAntibody neutralization
1996
The Regulation of Growth and Intracellular Signaling by Integrins
Meredith J, Winitz S, Lewis J, Hess S, Ren X, Renshaw M, Schwartz M. The Regulation of Growth and Intracellular Signaling by Integrins. Endocrine Reviews 1996, 17: 207-220. PMID: 8771356, DOI: 10.1210/edrv-17-3-207.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReceptor cytoplasmic domainIntegrin-ligand bindingShort cytoplasmic regionLarge extracellular domainRegulation of growthExtracellular matrix proteinsCell surface receptorsDomain bindsCytoplasmic domainDifferent α subunitsTransmembrane regionTransmembrane receptorsCytoplasmic regionCytoskeletal proteinsKinase activationGene expressionΑ-subunitDifferent β subunitsExtracellular domainIntracellular signalingΒ-subunitAdhesion receptorsMatrix proteinsCell migrationCell growth