Basement membranes are widely distributed extracellular matrices that coat the basal
aspect of epithelial and endothelial cells and surround muscle, fat, and Schwann cells …

Integrin-mediated cell adhesions provide dynamic, bidirectional links between the
extracellular matrix and the cytoskeleton. Besides having central roles in cell migration and …

The establishment and maintenance of apical‐basal polarity is a fundamental step in brain
development, instructing the organization of neural progenitor cells (NPCs) and the …

Basement membranes are specialized extracellular matrices consisting of tissue-specific
organizations of multiple matrix molecules and serve as structural barriers as well as …

The laminins are a family of glycoproteins that provide an integral part of the structural
scaffolding of basement membranes in almost every animal tissue. Each laminin is a …

Positional information is pivotal for establishing developmental patterning in plants,,, but little
is known about the underlying signalling mechanisms. The Arabidopsis root radial pattern is …

Endothelial cells of the blood and lymphatic vasculature are polarized cells with luminal
surfaces specialized to interact with inflammatory cells upon the appropriate stimulation; …

Muscle–eye–brain disease (MEB) and Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy (FCMD)
are congenital muscular dystrophies with associated, similar brain malformations,. The …

α-and β-dystroglycan constitute a membrane-spanning complex that connects the
extracellular matrix to the cytoskeleton. Although a structural role for dystroglycan had been …

An active involvement of blood–brain barrier endothelial cell basement membranes in
development of inflammatory lesions in the central nervous system (CNS) has not been …