Consequences of lack of beta 1 integrin gene expression in mice.

R. Fässler, Michaël Meyer

Genes & Development

ImmunologyStem Cell BiologyCellular PhysiologyEmbryologyTissue Development +21

Mice lacking alpha 1 (IX) collagen develop noninflammatory degenerative joint disease.

R. Fässler, Patrick N.J. Schnegelsberg, J Dausman, +5

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

PathologyMusculoskeletal ResearchInflammatory ArthritisInflammationType Ix Molecules +15

Beta 1 integrin-dependent and -independent polymerization of fibronectin.

Krister Wennerberg, Lars Lohikangas, Donald Gullberg, +3

The Journal of Cell Biology

Integrin Subunit GeneGd25 CellsCell AdhesionMolecular BiologyCytoskeleton +14

Lack of beta 1 integrin gene in embryonic stem cells affects morphology, adhesion, and migration but not integration into the inner cell mass of blastocysts.

R. Fässler, Martin Pfaff, John J. Murphy, +4

The Journal of Cell Biology

Cell AdhesionCytoskeletonStem Cell MigrationCell SpecializationCellular Physiology +18

Transgenic mice with targeted inactivation of the Col2 alpha 1 gene for collagen II develop a skeleton with membranous and periosteal bone but no endochondral bone.

S W Li, Darwin J. Prockop, Heikki J. Helminen, +7

Genes & Development

Tissue EngineeringBone RepairTargeted InactivationTransgenic MiceOsteoporosis +16

Skin wounds and severed nerves heal normally in mice lacking tenascin-C.

E. Camilla Forsberg, Emilio Hirsch, Laura Fröhlich, +5

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

ImmunologyPathologyCell ProliferationDermatologySkin Wounds +16

Structure and expression of fibulin-2, a novel extracellular matrix protein with multiple EGF-like repeats and consensus motifs for calcium binding.

Te‐Cheng Pan, Takako Sasaki, R Z Zhang, +3

The Journal of Cell Biology

ImmunologyMolecular BiologyCytoskeletonConsensus MotifsCysteine Content +17

Versican V2 Assembles the Extracellular Matrix Surrounding the Nodes of Ranvier in the CNS

María T. Dours‐Zimmermann, K. Maurer, Uwe Rauch, +3

Journal of Neuroscience

Lack of β1 integrins in enteric neural crest cells leads to a Hirschsprung-like phenotype

Marie Anne Breau, Thomas Pietri, Olivier Eder, +5

Development

Neural Crest CellsCell AdhesionCytoskeletonCellular PhysiologyGut-organ Axis +14

Disturbed immune-endocrine communication in autoimmune disease. Lack of corticosterone response to immune signals in obese strain chickens with spontaneous autoimmune thyroiditis.

Konrad Schauenstein, R. Fässler, H. Dietrich, +3

The Journal of Immunology

ImmunologyImmune RegulationEducationGlucocorticoidImmune System +22