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Steroid hormone regulation of EMP2 expression and localization in the endometriumMadhuri Wadehra
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
Reprod Biol Endocrinol 6:15. 2008..Because EMP2 is differentially expressed in the various stages of the murine and human estrous cycle, we tested the hypothesis that the steroid hormones progesterone and estrogen influence EMP2 expression and localization...
Epithelial membrane protein-2 promotes endometrial tumor formation through activation of FAK and SrcMaoyong Fu
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
PLoS ONE 6:e19945. 2011....
The tetraspan protein EMP2 regulates expression of caveolin-1Ashley Forbes
Molecular Biology Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
J Biol Chem 282:26542-51. 2007..These findings elucidate a new mechanism of caveolin-1 regulation and define an additional role for EMP2 as a key regulator of cell membrane composition...
Epithelial membrane protein-2 is a novel therapeutic target in ovarian cancerMaoyong Fu
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Clin Cancer Res 16:3954-63. 2010..In this study, we assessed the role of EMP2 in human ovarian cancer...
Peripheral myelin protein-22 (PMP22) modulates alpha 6 integrin expression in the human endometriumRajiv G Rao
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Reprod Biol Endocrinol 9:56. 2011..In this study, we first characterized the expression of PMP22 in the human menstrual cycle and began to characterize its function in the endometrium...
Functional consequences of interactions between FAK and epithelial membrane protein 2 (EMP2)Shawn A Morales
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 50:4949-56. 2009..Collagen gel contraction by ARPE-19 is controlled by epithelial membrane protein 2 (EMP2) through focal adhesion kinase (FAK) activation. The purpose of this study was to test the role of EMP2 in the cellular context of FAK activation...
Epithelial membrane protein-2 regulates surface expression of alphavbeta3 integrin in the endometriumMadhuri Wadehra
Department of Pathology and Laboratory, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Dev Biol 287:336-45. 2005....
Rewiring integrin-mediated signaling and cellular response with the peripheral myelin protein 22 and epithelial membrane protein 2 components of the tetraspan webShawn A Morales
Department of Ophthalmology, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 52:5465-72. 2011..Peripheral myelin protein 22 (PMP22), another member of the tetraspan web, is closely related to EMP2. The purpose of this study was to determine whether PMP22 also controls the contractile phase associated with PVR...
Diabodies targeting epithelial membrane protein 2 reduce tumorigenicity of human endometrial cancer cell linesKaori Shimazaki
Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Clin Cancer Res 14:7367-77. 2008..The present study assesses the suitability of EMP2 as a therapeutic target...
FAK activation and the role of epithelial membrane protein 2 (EMP2) in collagen gel contractionShawn A Morales
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 50:462-9. 2009..Since EMP2 is highly expressed in retinal pigment epithelium, this study investigates the role of EMP2 in collagen gel contraction...
Epithelial membrane protein-2 expression is an early predictor of endometrial cancer developmentOmar Habeeb
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
Cancer 116:4718-26. 2010..Here the authors validate the expression of EMP2 in EC, and further examine whether EMP2 expression within preneoplastic lesions is an early prognostic biomarker for EC development...
Knockdown of the tetraspan protein epithelial membrane protein-2 inhibits implantation in the mouseMadhuri Wadehra
Molecular Biology Institute, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Dev Biol 292:430-41. 2006..These studies indicate a previously unknown function of tetraspan proteins in implantation and could provide a molecular framework for the development of therapeutic modalities for both contraception and fertility...
The tetraspan protein EMP2 increases surface expression of class I major histocompatibility complex proteins and susceptibility to CTL-mediated cell deathMadhuri Wadehra
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1722, USA
Clin Immunol 107:129-36. 2003..This study demonstrates an unexpected role for a tetraspan protein in CTL-mediated cell death and MHC1 surface trafficking...
Epithelial membrane protein-2 is expressed in discrete anatomical regions of the eyeMadhuri Wadehra
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Exp Mol Pathol 74:106-12. 2003..This distribution is distinct from other TM4SF proteins and may relate to a role in apical membrane recycling...
Epithelial membrane protein 2 modulates infectivity of Chlamydia muridarum (MoPn)Kaori Shimazaki
Molecular Biology Institute, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Microbes Infect 9:1003-10. 2007..These findings identify EMP2 as a candidate host protein involved in infection of C. muridarum (MoPn)...
The tetraspan protein EMP2 modulates the surface expression of caveolins and glycosylphosphatidyl inositol-linked proteinsMadhuri Wadehra
Molecular Biology Institute, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Mol Biol Cell 15:2073-83. 2004..These findings suggest that EMP2 facilitates the formation and surface trafficking of lipid rafts bearing GPI-APs, and reduces caveolin expression, resulting in impaired formation of caveolae...
Blockade of epithelial membrane protein 2 (EMP2) abrogates infection of Chlamydia muridarum murine genital infection modelKaori Shimazaki
Molecular Biology Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol 55:240-9. 2009..These findings support EMP2 as a potential preventative and therapeutic target for genital chlamydial infection...
Collagen gel contraction by ARPE-19 cells is mediated by a FAK-Src dependent pathwayShawn A Morales
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Exp Eye Res 85:790-8. 2007..Integrin ligation and FAK-Src activation is necessary for collagen gel contraction produced by the ARPE-19 cell line. Validation of these observations in primary RPE cells may suggest new targets for therapeutic intervention in PVR...
The tetraspan protein epithelial membrane protein-2 interacts with beta1 integrins and regulates adhesionMadhuri Wadehra
Molecular Biology Institute, The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, 108ee Le Conte Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
J Biol Chem 277:41094-100. 2002..This study demonstrates for the first time the interaction of a GAS3/PMP22 family member with an integrin protein and suggests that such interactions and their functional consequences are a physiologic role of GAS3/PMP22 proteins...
Expression of epithelial membrane protein-2 is associated with endometrial adenocarcinoma of unfavorable outcomeMadhuri Wadehra
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
Cancer 107:90-8. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: EMP2 expression is a feature of some prognostically unfavorable endometrial cancers. Its utility for clinical decision making and its biologic role in endometrial cancer deserves further study in a larger series of patients...
One-step RT-PCR for screening microdissected tissue samplesMadhuri Wadehra
UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Biotechniques 32:242, 244, 246, 248. 2002
Identification of genes differentially expressed in rat alveolar type I cellsKatherine Dahlin
Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, USA
Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 31:309-16. 2004....
