Podoplanin: emerging functions in development, the immune system, and cancer
Podoplanin (PDPN) is a well-conserved, mucin-type transmembrane protein expressed in multiple tissues during ontogeny and in adult animals, including the brain, heart, kidney, lungs, osteoblasts, and lymphoid organs. Studies of PDPN-deficient mice have demonstrated that this molecule plays a critica...
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Research Foundation
2012
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3439854/ |