The α5β1 Integrin Mediates Elimination of Amyloid-β Peptide and Protects Against Apoptosis

The amyloid-β peptide (Aβ) can mediate cell attachment by binding to β1 integrins through an arg-his-asp sequence. We show here that the α5β1 integrin, a fibronectin receptor, is an efficient binder of Aβ, and mediates cell attachment to nonfibrillar Aβ. Cells engineered to express α5β1 internalized...

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Main Authors: Matter, Michelle L., Zhang, Zhuohua, Nordstedt, Christer, Ruoslahti, Erkki
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 1998
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2132763/