"Thrombospondins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A family of related, adhesive glycoproteins which are synthesized, secreted, and incorporated into the extracellular matrix of a variety of cells, including alpha granules of platelets following thrombin activation and endothelial cells. They interact with a number of BLOOD COAGULATION FACTORS and anticoagulant factors. Five distinct forms have been identified, thrombospondin 1, -2, -3, -4, and cartilage oligomeric matrix protein (COMP). They are involved in cell adhesion, platelet aggregation, cell proliferation, angiogenesis, tumor metastasis, VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE growth, and tissue repair.
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D019699
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.395.550.895 D12.776.543.550.895
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Thrombospondins" by people in Profiles.
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Hsu CK, Romano MT, Nanda A, Rashidghamat E, Lee JYW, Huang HY, Songsantiphap C, Lee JY, Al-Ajmi H, Betz RC, Simpson MA, McGrath JA, Tziotzios C. Congenital Anonychia and Uncombable Hair Syndrome: Coinheritance of Homozygous Mutations in RSPO4 and PADI3. J Invest Dermatol. 2017 05; 137(5):1176-1179.
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Murphy-Ullrich JE, Iozzo RV. Thrombospondins in physiology and disease: new tricks for old dogs. Matrix Biol. 2012 Apr; 31(3):152-4.
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Li X, Howard TD, Moore WC, Ampleford EJ, Li H, Busse WW, Calhoun WJ, Castro M, Chung KF, Erzurum SC, Fitzpatrick AM, Gaston B, Israel E, Jarjour NN, Teague WG, Wenzel SE, Peters SP, Hawkins GA, Bleecker ER, Meyers DA. Importance of hedgehog interacting protein and other lung function genes in asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2011 Jun; 127(6):1457-65.
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Baruch DI, Pasloske BL, Singh HB, Bi X, Ma XC, Feldman M, Taraschi TF, Howard RJ. Cloning the P. falciparum gene encoding PfEMP1, a malarial variant antigen and adherence receptor on the surface of parasitized human erythrocytes. Cell. 1995 Jul 14; 82(1):77-87.
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Agbanyo FR, Sixma JJ, de Groot PG, Languino LR, Plow EF. Thrombospondin-platelet interactions. Role of divalent cations, wall shear rate, and platelet membrane glycoproteins. J Clin Invest. 1993 Jul; 92(1):288-96.