"Vitronectin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A blood plasma glycoprotein that mediates cell adhesion and interacts with proteins of the complement, coagulation, and fibrinolytic cascade. (From Segen, Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 1992)
| Descriptor ID |
D019096
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.124.920 D12.776.395.970 D12.776.860.300.920
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Vitronectin" by people in Profiles.
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Combined protein- and nucleic acid-level effects of rs1143679 (R77H), a lupus-predisposing variant within ITGAM. Hum Mol Genet. 2014 Aug 01; 23(15):4161-76.
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Vitronectin: a possible determinant of adenovirus type 19 tropism for human corneal epithelium. Am J Ophthalmol. 2005 Sep; 140(3):363-9.
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Certain high molecular weight heparin chains have high affinity for vitronectin. Arch Biochem Biophys. 2001 Jul 15; 391(2):278-85.