Laminin and Collagen IV Variants and Heterogeneity in Basement Membrane Composition

Epiligrin, a new cell adhesion ligand for integrin α3β1 in epithelial basement membranes

1991 • 771 citations

Kalinin: an epithelium-specific basement membrane adhesion molecule that is a component of anchoring filaments.

1991 • 755 citations

Molecular heterogeneity of basal laminae: isoforms of laminin and collagen IV at the neuromuscular junction and elsewhere.

1990 • 588 citations

Basement Membrane Proteins: Structure, Assembly, and Cellular Interactions

1992 • 584 citations

A laminin-like adhesive protein concentrated in the synaptic cleft of the neuromuscular junction

1989 • 566 citations

Role of laminin a chain in the development of epithelial cell polarity

1988 • 488 citations

Identification of the Goodpasture antigen as the alpha 3(IV) chain of collagen IV.

1988 • 451 citations

Merosin, a tissue-specific basement membrane protein, is a laminin-like protein.

1990 • 398 citations

Identification of a distinct type IV collagen alpha chain with restricted kidney distribution and assignment of its gene to the locus of X chromosome-linked Alport syndrome.

1990 • 379 citations

Merosin, a protein specific for basement membranes of Schwann cells, striated muscle, and trophoblast, is expressed late in nerve and muscle development.

1988 • 371 citations

Distribution and isolation of four laminin variants; tissue restricted distribution of heterotrimers assembled from five different subunits.

1990 • 346 citations

Localization of the Goodpasture epitope to a novel chain of basement membrane collagen.

1987 • 277 citations

Subunits of laminin are differentially synthesized in mouse eggs and early embryos

1983 • 263 citations

Transient and locally restricted expression of laminin a chain mRNA by developing epithelial cells during kidney organogenesis

1990 • 239 citations

Primary sequence of a motor neuron-selective adhesive site in the synaptic basal lamina protein s-laminin

1989 • 194 citations

Enhanced synthesis and secretion of type IV collagen and entactin during adipose conversion of 3T3-L1 cells and production of unorthodox laminin complex.

1988 • 171 citations

Cell adhesion, spreading and neurite stimulation by laminin fragment E8 depends on maintenance of secondary and tertiary structure in its rod and globular domain

1990 • 163 citations

Genes for basement membrane proteins are coordinately expressed in differentiating F9 cells but not in normal adult murine tissues

1987 • 159 citations

Properties of the globular domain of type IV collagen and its relationship to the Goodpasture antigen.

1985 • 157 citations

Structural requirements for the stimulation of neurite outgrowth by two variants of laminin and their inhibition by antibodies.

1988 • 155 citations

Basement membrane collagen in the kidney: Regional localization of novel chains related to collagen IV

1989 • 154 citations

Isolation and characterization of rat schwannoma neurite-promoting factor: evidence that the factor contains laminin

1985 • 152 citations

Complete amino acid sequence of the human alpha 5 (IV) collagen chain and identification of a single-base mutation in exon 23 converting glycine 521 in the collagenous domain to cysteine in an Alport syndrome patient.

1992 • 144 citations

Differential expression of laminin A and B chains during development of embryonic mouse organs

1990 • 143 citations

High resolution immunoelectron microscopic localization of functional domains of laminin, nidogen, and heparan sulfate proteoglycan in epithelial basement membrane of mouse cornea reveals different topological orientations.

1988 • 132 citations

Mouse heart laminin

1989 • 123 citations

Monoclonal antibodies to laminin reveal the heterogeneity of basement membranes in the developing and adult mouse tissues.

1984 • 120 citations

Glomerular basement membrane. Identification of a fourth chain, alpha 4, of type IV collagen.

1990 • 111 citations

The new basement membrane antigen recognized by the monoclonal antibody GB3 is a large size glycoprotein: modulation of its expression by retinoic acid

1988 • 101 citations

Production of two variant laminin forms by endothelial cells and shift of their relative levels by angiostatic steroids.

1990 • 99 citations

Selective immunoreactivities of kidney basement membranes to monoclonal antibodies against laminin: localization of the end of the long arm and the short arms to discrete microdomains.

1989 • 97 citations

Complete primary structure of the triple-helical region and the carboxyl-terminal domain of a new type IV collagen chain, alpha 5(IV).

1990 • 94 citations

Merosin promotes cell attachment and neurite outgrowth and ls a component of the neurite-promoting factor of RN22 schwannoma cells

1992 • 90 citations

Structure of laminin variants. The 300-kDa chains of murine and bovine heart laminin are related to the human placenta merosin heavy chain and replace the a chain in some laminin variants.

1991 • 84 citations

Glomerular basement membrane. Identification of dimeric subunits of the noncollagenous domain (hexamer) of collagen IV and the Goodpasture antigen

1991 • 80 citations

Heterogenous distribution of type IV collagen, entactin, heparan sulfate proteoglycan, and laminin among renal basement membranes as demonstrated by quantitative immunocytochemistry.

1989 • 78 citations

Evidence for separate networks of classical and novel basement membrane collagen. Characterization of alpha 3(IV)-alport antigen heterodimer.

1992 • 73 citations

Expression of novel basement membrane components in the developing human kidney and eye

1990 • 69 citations

Use of the polymerase chain reaction to clone and sequence a cDNA encoding the bovine alpha 3 chain of type IV collagen.

1991 • 66 citations

Steady-state levels of mRNAs coding for the type IV collagen and laminin polypeptide chains of basement membranes exhibit marked tissue-specific stoichiometric variations in the rat.

1987 • 63 citations

Ontogenesis of glomerular basement membrane: structural and functional properties.

1991 • 54 citations

Developmental loss of laminin from the interstitial extracellular matrix correlates with decreased laminin gene expression

1990 • 38 citations

Assembly of laminin isoforms by triple- and double-stranded coiled-coil structures

1991 • 35 citations

Expression of merosin, a tissue-specific basement membrane protein, in the intermediate trophoblast cells of choriocarcinoma and placenta.

1989 • 33 citations

Distinct antigenic characteristics of murine parietal yolk sac laminin

1987 • 30 citations

Different cellular receptors for human placental laminin and murine EHS laminin

1991 • 26 citations

Properties of the collagenous domain of the alpha 3(IV) chain, the Goodpasture antigen, of lens basement membrane collagen. Selective cleavage of alpha (IV) chains with retention of their triple helical structure and noncollagenous domain

1991 • 24 citations

Chick laminin: Isolation by monoclonal antibodies and differential distribution of variants in the embryo

1991 • 16 citations