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Laminin isoforms in development and disease

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The members of the laminin family of heterotrimers are major constituents of all basement membranes, sheet-like extracellular structures, present in almost all organs. The laminins bind to cell surface receptors and thereby tightly connect the basement membrane to the adjacent cell layer. This provides for the specific basement membrane functions to stabilize cellular structures, to serve as effective physical barriers, and furthermore, to govern cell fate by inducing intracellular signalling cascades. Many different types of diseases involve basement membranes and laminins. Metastasizing solid tumors must pass through basement membranes to reach the vascular system, and various microbes and viruses enter the cells through direct interaction with laminins. Furthermore, whereas mutations in one specific laminin chain lead to a muscular disorder, mutations of other laminin chains cause skin blistering and kidney defects, respectively. This review summarizes recent progress concerning the molecular mechanisms of laminins in development and disease. The current knowledge may lead to clinical treatment of lamininopathies and may include stem-cell approaches as well as gene therapy.

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    Susanne Schéele, Alexander Nyström, Madeleine Durbeej & Peter Ekblom

  2. Department of Basic Animal and Veterinary Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 1870, Frederiksberg C, Denmark

    Jan F. Talts

  3. Hematopoetic Stem Cell Laboratory, Stem Cell Center, BMC B12, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

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Schéele, S., Nyström, A., Durbeej, M. et al. Laminin isoforms in development and disease. J Mol Med 85, 825–836 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00109-007-0182-5

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