Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens
Integrin alpha-8 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ITGA8 gene .[ 5] [ 6]
References
Further reading
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Denda S, Müller U, Crossin KL, et al. (1998). "Utilization of a soluble integrin-alkaline phosphatase chimera to characterize integrin alpha 8 beta 1 receptor interactions with tenascin: murine alpha 8 beta 1 binds to the RGD site in tenascin-C fragments, but not to native tenascin-C" . Biochemistry . 37 (16): 5464– 74. doi :10.1021/bi9727489 . PMC 2710129 . PMID 9548928 .
Hartner A, Schöcklmann H, Pröls F, et al. (1999). "Alpha8 integrin in glomerular mesangial cells and in experimental glomerulonephritis" . Kidney Int . 56 (4): 1468– 80. doi :10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00662.x . PMID 10504498 .
Littlewood Evans A, Müller U (2000). "Stereocilia defects in the sensory hair cells of the inner ear in mice deficient in integrin alpha8beta1". Nat. Genet . 24 (4): 424– 8. doi :10.1038/74286 . PMID 10742111 . S2CID 2316181 .
Brandenberger R, Schmidt A, Linton J, et al. (2001). "Identification and characterization of a novel extracellular matrix protein nephronectin that is associated with integrin alpha8beta1 in the embryonic kidney" . J. Cell Biol . 154 (2): 447– 58. doi :10.1083/jcb.200103069 . PMC 2150762 . PMID 11470831 .
Ljubimov AV, Saghizadeh M, Pytela R, et al. (2001). "Increased expression of tenascin-C-binding epithelial integrins in human bullous keratopathy corneas" . J. Histochem. Cytochem . 49 (11): 1341– 50. doi :10.1177/002215540104901102 . PMID 11668187 .
Valerius MT, Patterson LT, Feng Y, Potter SS (2002). "Hoxa 11 is upstream of Integrin alpha8 expression in the developing kidney" . Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A . 99 (12): 8090– 5. Bibcode :2002PNAS...99.8090V . doi :10.1073/pnas.122229199 . PMC 123025 . PMID 12060755 .
Lu M, Munger JS, Steadele M, et al. (2003). "Integrin alpha8beta1 mediates adhesion to LAP-TGFbeta1" . J. Cell Sci . 115 (Pt 23): 4641– 8. doi :10.1242/jcs.00145 . PMID 12415008 .
Bieritz B, Spessotto P, Colombatti A, et al. (2004). "Role of alpha8 integrin in mesangial cell adhesion, migration, and proliferation" . Kidney Int . 64 (1): 119– 27. doi :10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00057.x . PMID 12787402 .
Deloukas P, Earthrowl ME, Grafham DV, et al. (2004). "The DNA sequence and comparative analysis of human chromosome 10" . Nature . 429 (6990): 375– 81. Bibcode :2004Natur.429..375D . doi :10.1038/nature02462 . PMID 15164054 .
Ekwa-Ekoka C, Diaz GA, Carlson C, et al. (2005). "Genomic organization and sequence variation of the human integrin subunit alpha8 gene (ITGA8)". Matrix Biol . 23 (7): 487– 96. doi :10.1016/j.matbio.2004.08.005 . PMID 15579315 .
Scherberich A, Tucker RP, Degen M, et al. (2005). "Tenascin-W is found in malignant mammary tumors, promotes alpha8 integrin-dependent motility and requires p38MAPK activity for BMP-2 and TNF-alpha induced expression in vitro" . Oncogene . 24 (9): 1525– 32. doi :10.1038/sj.onc.1208342 . PMID 15592496 .
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Alpha Beta Dimers
Cytoadhesin receptor: Fibrinogen receptor: Fibronectin receptor: Leukocyte-adhesion receptor: Very late antigen receptor: Vitronectin receptor: