What does AM stand for?

Adhesion Molecule

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Other topics explored are a newly discovered mast-cell adhesion molecule called CADM1, carbon nanoparticles used as substrates for cell adhesion and growth, and the epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM).

New cell adhesion research

Byline: ANI Washington, July 31 (ANI): Scientists from University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Erlangen, Germany have revealed that measuring the level of vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 (VCAM-1) can help predict the severity of osteoarthritis.

Protein level may help predict osteoarthritis severity

Circulating levels of endothelial adhesion molecules and risk of diabetes in an ethnically diverse cohort of women.

Antioxidant supplementation may reduce risk of diabetes

Ginkgo biloba extract inhibits tumor necrosis factor-alpha-induced reactive oxygen species generation, transcription factor activation, and cell adhesion molecule expression in human aortic endothelial cells.

Piper longum Linn. Extract inhibits TNF-[alpha]-induced expression of ...

The ICAMs do this by binding to other adhesion molecules on the surface of the cells that make up blood vessel walls.

Why we need many "therapeutic targets"

The AgDscam gene--short for Anopheles gambiae Down syndrome cell adhesion molecule gene--is an essential factor in the mosquito's immune system and can produce thousands of receptors with different pathogen-binding specificities.

Receptor holds the key to mosquito immune response

In this issue of The Journal of Applied Research, Zhang and coworkers explore the role of nitric oxide, adhesion molecule, and MCP-1 expression in arterial wall reorganization in response to carotid artery ligation (CAL).

Endothelial nitric oxide production and arterial response to injury

Further, the center has revealed that BANK regulates the B cell activity by the intermediary of CD40, a kind of intercellular adhesion molecule.

RIKEN Research Center for Allergy and Immunology Discovers Mechanism ...