High serum levels of soluble CD44 variant isoform v5 are associated with favourable clinical outcome in ovarian cancer

A new variant of glycoprotein CD44 confers metastatic potential to rat carcinoma cells

Ursula Günthert, Martin Hofmann‐Apitius, W. Rudy et al. · Cell · 1991 · 1.7K citations

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology +14

Hyaluronate can function as a cell adhesion molecule and CD44 participates in hyaluronate recognition.

Kensuke Miyake, C B Underhill, Jayne Lesley et al. · The Journal of Experimental Medicine · 1990 · 623 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Immunology +13

Lymphocyte recognition of high endothelium: antibodies to distinct epitopes of an 85-95-kD glycoprotein antigen differentially inhibit lymphocyte binding to lymph node, mucosal, or synovial endothelial cells.

Sirpa Jalkanen, Robert F. Bargatze, Juan R. de los Toyos et al. · The Journal of Cell Biology · 1987 · 543 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Immunology +17

Participation in Normal Immune Responses of a Metastasis-Inducing Splice Variant of CD44

Robert H. Arch, Karin G. Wirth, Martin Hofmann‐Apitius et al. · Science · 1992 · 416 citations

Medicine, Immunology, Oncology +17

CD44 variant exon epitopes in primary breast cancer and length of survival

M. Kaufmann, Gϋnter von Minckwitz, K-H Heider et al. · The Lancet · 1995 · 360 citations · Full text

Medicine, Cancer Biology, Oncology +14