 Thrombospondins
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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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D12.776.395.550.895 D12.776.543.550.895
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Shi F, Kempfle JS, Edge AS. Wnt-responsive Lgr5-expressing stem cells are hair cell progenitors in the cochlea. J Neurosci. 2012 Jul 11; 32(28):9639-48.
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Lynch JM, Maillet M, Vanhoutte D, Schloemer A, Sargent MA, Blair NS, Lynch KA, Okada T, Aronow BJ, Osinska H, Prywes R, Lorenz JN, Mori K, Lawler J, Robbins J, Molkentin JD. A thrombospondin-dependent pathway for a protective ER stress response. Cell. 2012 Jun 8; 149(6):1257-68.
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Hao HX, Xie Y, Zhang Y, Charlat O, Oster E, Avello M, Lei H, Mickanin C, Liu D, Ruffner H, Mao X, Ma Q, Zamponi R, Bouwmeester T, Finan PM, Kirschner MW, Porter JA, Serluca FC, Cong F. ZNRF3 promotes Wnt receptor turnover in an R-spondin-sensitive manner. Nature. 2012 May 10; 485(7397):195-200.
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Wong HK, Shimizu A, Kirkpatrick ND, Garkavtsev I, Chan AW, di Tomaso E, Klagsbrun M, Jain RK. Merlin/NF2 regulates angiogenesis in schwannomas through a Rac1/semaphorin 3F-dependent mechanism. Neoplasia. 2012 Feb; 14(2):84-94.
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Adams JC, Lawler J. The thrombospondins. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol. 2011 Oct; 3(10):a009712.
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MacLauchlan S, Yu J, Parrish M, Asoulin TA, Schleicher M, Krady MM, Zeng J, Huang PL, Sessa WC, Kyriakides TR. Endothelial nitric oxide synthase controls the expression of the angiogenesis inhibitor thrombospondin 2. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Nov 15; 108(46):E1137-45.
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Yoshida S, Nabzdyk CS, Pradhan L, LoGerfo FW. Thrombospondin-2 gene silencing in human aortic smooth muscle cells improves cell attachment. J Am Coll Surg. 2011 Nov; 213(5):668-76.
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van Loon JE, de Maat MP, Hofman A, Witteman JC, Leebeek FW. Relationship between thrombospondin gene variations, von Willebrand factor levels and the risk of coronary heart disease in an older population. J Thromb Haemost. 2011 Jul; 9(7):1415-7.
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Duncan EL, Danoy P, Kemp JP, Leo PJ, McCloskey E, Nicholson GC, Eastell R, Prince RL, Eisman JA, Jones G, Sambrook PN, Reid IR, Dennison EM, Wark J, Richards JB, Uitterlinden AG, Spector TD, Esapa C, Cox RD, Brown SD, Thakker RV, Addison KA, Bradbury LA, Center JR, Cooper C, Cremin C, Estrada K, Felsenberg D, Glüer CC, Hadler J, Henry MJ, Hofman A, Kotowicz MA, Makovey J, Nguyen SC, Nguyen TV, Pasco JA, Pryce K, Reid DM, Rivadeneira F, Roux C, Stefansson K, Styrkarsdottir U, Thorleifsson G, Tichawangana R, Evans DM, Brown MA. Genome-wide association study using extreme truncate selection identifies novel genes affecting bone mineral density and fracture risk. PLoS Genet. 2011 Apr; 7(4):e1001372.
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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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