Invasion and metastasis are important hallmarks of lung cancer, and affect patients' survival.
Early diagnostics of metastatic potential are important for treatment management. Recent …

The prevalence and severity of allergic diseases have increased over the last 30 years.
Understanding the mechanisms responsible for these diseases is a major challenge in …

Periostin is a matricellular protein known to be alternatively spliced to produce ten isoforms
with a molecular weight of 78–91 kDa. Within the extracellular matrix, periostin attaches to …

Background: Periostin (POSTN) is a type of matrix protein that functions by binding to other
matrix proteins, cell surface receptors, or other molecules, such as cytokines and proteases …

The protein periostin is a matricellular protein that is expressed in connective tissue. It is
composed of five globular domains arranged in an elongated structure with an extensive …

Periostin is a matricellular protein encoded by the POSTN gene that is alternatively spliced
to produce ten different periostin isoforms with molecular weights ranging from 78 to 91 kDa …

Periostin, a multifunctional 90 kDa protein, plays a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of fibrosis
across various tissues, including skeletal muscle. It operates within the transforming growth …