Population
Cultured bovine aortic endothelial (BAE) cells
Comparison
Soluble alphaDG and glycosaminoglycans vs Untreated cells or adhesion to fibronectin
Design
Preclinical
Authors
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No direct clinical implications; leaves open dystroglycan targeting in vascular endothelial research.
Dystroglycan functions as a non-integrin laminin receptor that mediates vascular endothelial cell adhesion to the extracellular matrix.
Shimizu et al. (1999) studied this question.
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