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Cell-collagen interactions: the use of peptide Toolkits to investigate collagen-receptor interactionsRichard W Farndale
Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Downing Site, Cambridge CB2 1QW, UK
Biochem Soc Trans 36:241-50. 2008..Thus the availability of extracellular collagen-binding proteins may be important in regulating and facilitating direct collagen-receptor interaction...
Identification of CLEC12B, an inhibitory receptor on myeloid cellsSabrina C Hoffmann
Institute for Immunology, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 305, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
J Biol Chem 282:22370-5. 2007....
The D2 period of collagen II contains a specific binding site for the human discoidin domain receptor, DDR2Birgit Leitinger
Department of Medicine, The Sackler Institute for Muscular Skeletal Research, University College London, 5 University Street, London WC1E 6JJ, UK
J Mol Biol 344:993-1003. 2004..The discovery of a site-specific interaction of DDR2 with collagen II gives novel insight into the nature of the interaction of collagen II with matrix receptors...
Crystallographic insight into collagen recognition by discoidin domain receptor 2Federico Carafoli
Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
Structure 17:1573-81. 2009..A comparison of the GVMGFO-binding sites of DDR2 and SPARC reveals a striking case of convergent evolution in collagen recognition...
An orphan receptor tyrosine kinase family whose members serve as nonintegrin collagen receptorsA Shrivastava
Begeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Tarrytown, New York 10591, USA
Mol Cell 1:25-34. 1997....
Molecular analysis of collagen binding by the human discoidin domain receptors, DDR1 and DDR2. Identification of collagen binding sites in DDR2Birgit Leitinger
Sackler Institute for Muscular Skeletal Research, Department of Medicine, University College London, 5 University St, London WC1E 6JJ, United Kingdom
J Biol Chem 278:16761-9. 2003..In addition, the same loops were required for collagen-dependent receptor activation. It is concluded that the loop region opposite to the polypeptide chain termini of the DDR2 discoidin domain constitutes the collagen recognition site...
Identification and characterization of a novel human myeloid inhibitory C-type lectin-like receptor (MICL) that is predominantly expressed on granulocytes and monocytesAndrew S J Marshall
Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RE, United Kingdom
J Biol Chem 279:14792-802. 2004..These data suggest that MICL is a negative regulator of granulocyte and monocyte function...
Mammalian collagen receptorsBirgit Leitinger
National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
Matrix Biol 26:146-55. 2007..In this review, we discuss the structure and function of these receptors, focussing on the principles involved in collagen recognition...
Collagen-receptor signaling in health and diseaseW F Vogel
Laboratory of Extracellular Matrix Signaling and Tumor Invasion, Georg Speyer Haus, Institute for Biomedical Research, affiliated with the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Eur J Dermatol 11:506-14. 2001..Some recently discovered mechanisms of locally controlled expression of collagen, collagen-binding receptors and collagen-degrading proteases in the cellular microenvironment are described...
DDR1-deficient mice show localized subepithelial GBM thickening with focal loss of slit diaphragms and proteinuriaOliver Gross
Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Department of Internal Medicine I, Cologne General Hospital, Merheim Medical Center, Cologne, Germany
Kidney Int 66:102-11. 2004..The interaction between type IV collagen and cell surface receptors is believed important for normal renal function as well as significant in chronic renal diseases and we therefore analyzed mice with a targeted deletion of DDR1...
Endo180 binds to the C-terminal region of type I collagenEmily K Thomas
Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Department of Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA
J Biol Chem 280:22596-605. 2005..The interaction between Endo180 and the C-terminal region of type I collagen appears to play an important role in cell-matrix adhesion...
Tumor therapy in mice via antigen targeting to a novel, DC-restricted C-type lectinDavid Sancho
Immunobiology Laboratory, Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, London, United Kingdom
J Clin Invest 118:2098-110. 2008..We conclude that DNGR-1 is a novel, highly specific marker of mouse and human DC subsets that can be exploited for CTL cross-priming and tumor therapy...
The mannose receptor familyLucy East
The Breakthrough Toby Robins Breast Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Research, Mary Jean Mitchell Green Building Chester Beatty Laboratories, 237 Fulham Road, SW3 6JB, London, UK
Biochim Biophys Acta 1572:364-86. 2002..In addition, they differ in their ability to mediate endocytic and phagocytic events and in their intracellular destinations. Together, they represent a unique group of multidomain, multifunctional receptors...
Mannose receptor regulation of macrophage cell migrationJustin Sturge
Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre, 237 Fulham Road, London, SW3 6JB UK
J Leukoc Biol 82:585-93. 2007..As MR is down-regulated during macrophage activation, these findings have implications for the regulation of macrophage migration during different stages of pathogenesis...
A novel dwarfism with gonadal dysfunction due to loss-of-function allele of the collagen receptor gene, Ddr2, in the mouseKiyoshi Kano
Laboratory of Applied Genetics, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113 8657, Japan
Mol Endocrinol 22:1866-80. 2008..Taken together, our results indicate that the absence of DDR2 leads to growth retardation and gonadal dysfunction due to peripheral defects in hormonal-responsive pathways in slie mice...
Discoidin domain receptor 1 is activated independently of beta(1) integrinW Vogel
Programme in Molecular Biology, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X5, Canada
J Biol Chem 275:5779-84. 2000..Finally, we show that overexpression of dominant negative DDR1 in the myoblast cell line C2C12 blocks cellular differentiation and the formation of myofibers...
Endo180, an endocytic recycling glycoprotein related to the macrophage mannose receptor is expressed on fibroblasts, endothelial cells and macrophages and functions as a lectin receptorH Sheikh
Department of Biology, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Imperial College Road, London SW7 2AZ, UK
J Cell Sci 113:1021-32. 2000....
Characterisation of murine MICL (CLEC12A) and evidence for an endogenous ligandElwira Pyz
The Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Division of Immunology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Eur J Immunol 38:1157-63. 2008..Finally, we show that mMICL recognises an endogenous ligand in a variety of murine tissues, suggesting that the receptor plays a role in homeostasis...
Exploring the collagen-binding site of the DDR1 tyrosine kinase receptorRahim Abdulhussein
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada
J Biol Chem 279:31462-70. 2004....
CLEC9A is a novel activation C-type lectin-like receptor expressed on BDCA3+ dendritic cells and a subset of monocytesCristal Huysamen
Division of Immunology, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Observatory, 7925, South Africa
J Biol Chem 283:16693-701. 2008..These data indicate that CLEC9A functions as an activation receptor...
The collagen receptor DDR2 regulates proliferation and its elimination leads to dwarfismJ P Labrador
European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
EMBO Rep 2:446-52. 2001..Together our results suggest that DDR2 acts as an extracellular matrix sensor to modulate cell proliferation...
Complementary roles of intracellular and pericellular collagen degradation pathways in vivoRebecca A Wagenaar-Miller
Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, 30 Convent Drive, Room 211, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Mol Cell Biol 27:6309-22. 2007..These findings have important implications for the use of pharmacological inhibitors of collagenase activity to prevent connective tissue destruction in a variety of diseases...
The discoidin domain receptor tyrosine kinase DDR1 in arterial wound repairG Hou
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A8, Canada
J Clin Invest 107:727-35. 2001..Our results support the hypothesis that DDR1 plays an important role as a collagen receptor, mediating intimal thickening after vascular injury...
Uptake of denatured collagen into hepatic stellate cells: evidence for the involvement of urokinase plasminogen activator receptor-associated protein/Endo180Seyed Ali Mousavi
Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Oslo, Blindernveien 31, 0316 Oslo, Norway
Biochem J 387:39-46. 2005..These results together suggest that uPARAP/Endo180 mediates endocytosis of collagen in rat liver stellate cells...
The urokinase receptor (uPAR) and the uPAR-associated protein (uPARAP/Endo180): membrane proteins engaged in matrix turnover during tissue remodelingNiels Behrendt
Finsen Laboratory, Rigshospitalet, Strandboulevarden 49, Bldg. 7.2, DK-2100 Copenhagen O, Denmark
Biol Chem 385:103-36. 2004..Both receptors have additional functions that are currently being unraveled. The present discussion of uPAR and uPARAP is centered on their protein structure and molecular and cellular function...
Identification and characterization of the endocytic transmembrane glycoprotein Endo180 as a novel collagen receptorDirk Wienke
The Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Research, Chester Beatty Laboratories, London SW3 6JB, United Kingdom
Mol Biol Cell 14:3592-604. 2003....
Mutations in DDR2 gene cause SMED with short limbs and abnormal calcificationsRuth Bargal
Department of Human Genetics, Hadassah Hebrew University Hospital, POB 12000, Jerusalem, 91120, Israel
Am J Hum Genet 84:80-4. 2009..The results of this study will permit an accurate early prenatal diagnosis and carrier screening for families at risk...
Expression of Endo180 is spatially and temporally regulated during wound healingH A Honardoust
Department of Oral Biological and Medical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Histopathology 49:634-48. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: The findings suggest that Endo180 plays a role in re-epithelialization and connective tissue remodelling during wound regeneration...
Increased expression of the collagen internalization receptor uPARAP/Endo180 in the stroma of head and neck cancerJay Sulek
Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
J Histochem Cytochem 55:347-53. 2007..These data suggest that uPARAP/Endo180 participates in the connective tissue destruction during head and neck squamous cell carcinoma progression by mediating cellular uptake and lysosomal degradation of collagen...
The urokinase plasminogen activator receptor-associated protein/endo180 is coexpressed with its interaction partners urokinase plasminogen activator receptor and matrix metalloprotease-13 during osteogenesisL H Engelholm
Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Lab Invest 81:1403-14. 2001..The data suggest a function of this novel protease receptor in bone development, possibly mediated through its interactions with uPAR, MMP-13, or collagen V...
Identification of disulfide-linked dimers of the receptor tyrosine kinase DDR1Rahim Abdulhussein
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada
J Biol Chem 283:12026-33. 2008..The identification of DDR1 dimers provides new insights into the molecular structure of receptor tyrosine kinases and suggests distinct signaling mechanisms of each receptor subfamily...
GPI-anchored uPAR requires Endo180 for rapid directional sensing during chemotaxisJustin Sturge
The Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Research, Chester Beatty Laboratories, London SW3 6JB, UK
J Cell Biol 162:789-94. 2003..From these studies, we conclude that Endo180 is a crucial link between uPA-uPAR and setting of the internal cellular compass...
The collagen receptor Endo180 (CD280) Is expressed on basal-like breast tumor cells and promotes tumor growth in vivoDirk Wienke
Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom
Cancer Res 67:10230-40. 2007..Together, these data argue that elevated expression of this receptor in tumor cells could have important consequences in subsets of basal-like carcinomas for which there is a current lack of effective treatment...
The discoidin domain receptor DDR2 is a receptor for type X collagenBirgit Leitinger
Division of Biomedical Sciences, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK
Matrix Biol 25:355-64. 2006..Our study is the first to describe a non-fibrillar collagen ligand for DDR2 and will form the basis for further studies into the biological function of collagen X during endochondral ossification...
Sensing extracellular matrix: an update on discoidin domain receptor functionWolfgang F Vogel
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario Canada, M5S 1A8
Cell Signal 18:1108-16. 2006..By highlighting current questions about these unusual collagen receptors, we hope to attract new research on DDRs from a variety of different fields...
A targeted deletion in the endocytic receptor gene Endo180 results in a defect in collagen uptakeLucy East
The Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Research, 237 Fulham Road, London SW3 6JB, UK
EMBO Rep 4:710-6. 2003....
The C-type lectin receptor Endo180 displays internalization and recycling properties distinct from other members of the mannose receptor familyMatthew J Howard
Breakthrough Toby Robins Breast Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Research, Mary Jean Mitchell Green Building, Chester Beatty Laboratories, 237 Fulham Rd, London SW3 6JB, United Kingdom
J Biol Chem 277:32320-31. 2002..These findings demonstrate that despite an overall structural similarity, members of this receptor family employ distinct trafficking mechanisms that may reflect important differences in their physiological functions...
Structural basis of the collagen-binding mode of discoidin domain receptor 2Osamu Ichikawa
Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
EMBO J 26:4168-76. 2007..The surface profile of the collagen-binding site suggests that the DDR2-DS domain recognizes specific sites on fibrillar collagen. This study provides a molecular basis for the collagen-binding mode of the DDR2-DS domain...
Distribution of Endo180 receptor and ligand in developing articular cartilageM J Howard
The Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Research, 237 Fulham Road, London SW3 6JB, UK
Osteoarthritis Cartilage 12:74-82. 2004..In addition, our data indicates that Endo180 does not appear to play a role in the development or progression of murine osteoarthritis...
Dendritic-cell-associated C-type lectin 2 (DCAL-2) alters dendritic-cell maturation and cytokine productionChang Hung Chen
Department of Immunology, Box 357330, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Blood 107:1459-67. 2006..Thus, DCAL-2 may program DCs differently depending on whether DCs are signaled via TLRs or by T cells. DCAL-2 may be a potential immunotherapeutic target for modulating autoimmune diseases or for developing vaccines...
The discoidin domain receptor tyrosine kinases are activated by collagenW Vogel
Programme in Molecular Biology and Cancer, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Mol Cell 1:13-23. 1997..These results suggest that the discoidin-related DDR tyrosine kinases are novel collagen receptors with the potential to control cellular responses to the extracellular matrix...
Discoidin domain receptor 2 mediates tumor cell cycle arrest induced by fibrillar collagenSteven J Wall
Division of Hematology Oncology and Department of Pediatrics, University of Southern California and the Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital, Los Angeles, California 90027, USA
J Biol Chem 280:40187-94. 2005..Our data provide evidence for a novel direct mechanism by which cell contact with fibrillar collagen restricts proliferation...
uPARAP/Endo180 is essential for cellular uptake of collagen and promotes fibroblast collagen adhesionLars H Engelholm
Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
J Cell Biol 160:1009-15. 2003..These studies identify a central function of uPARAP/Endo180 in cellular collagen interactions...
Three-dimensional interplay among the ligand-binding domains of the urokinase-plasminogen-activator-receptor-associated protein, Endo180Angel Rivera-Calzada
Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, Campus Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain
EMBO Rep 4:807-12. 2003..We show that for Endo180, the cysteine-rich domain contacts the second C-type lectin-like domain, thus providing structural insight into how modulation of its several ligand interactions may regulate Endo180 receptor function...
Investigation of the role of Endo180/urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor-associated protein as a collagenase 3 (matrix metalloproteinase 13) receptorLouise Bailey
School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK
Biochem J 363:67-72. 2002..We conclude that Endo180 is unlikely to be a receptor for collagenase 3 in relation to either its activation or cell binding and internalization, and that other interaction partners must be sought...
Characterization of sugar binding by the mannose receptor family member, Endo180Lucy East
Breakthrough Toby Robins Breast Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Research, Chester Beatty Laboratories, London SW3 6JB, United Kingdom
J Biol Chem 277:50469-75. 2002..Thus, although Endo180 and the mannose receptor are now both known to be mannose binding lectins, each receptor is likely to have a distinct set of glycoprotein ligands in vivo...
Extended and bent conformations of the mannose receptor familyO Llorca
Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas, Spanish National Research Council CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, Campus Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Cell Mol Life Sci 65:1302-10. 2008..Conformational transitions between these two states seem to regulate the interaction of these receptors with ligands and their oligomerization...
Structure of CD94 reveals a novel C-type lectin fold: implications for the NK cell-associated CD94/NKG2 receptorsJ C Boyington
Structural Biology Section, Office of the Scientific Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Rockville, Maryland 20852, USA
Immunity 10:75-82. 1999..The formation of this dimer reveals a putative ligand-binding region for HLA-E and suggests how NKG2 interacts with CD94...
Lectin binding sites in the vitelline envelope of Bufo arenarum oocytes: role in fertilizationE J del Pino
, , , Argentina
Gamete Res 17:333-42. 1987....
Human MICL (CLEC12A) is differentially glycosylated and is down-regulated following cellular activationAndrew S J Marshall
Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Eur J Immunol 36:2159-69. 2006..This suggests that human MICL may be involved in the control of myeloid cell activation during inflammation...
APCs express DCIR, a novel C-type lectin surface receptor containing an immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motifE E Bates
Laboratory for Immunological Research, Schering Plough, Dardilly, France
J Immunol 163:1973-83. 1999..DCIR represents a novel surface molecule expressed by Ag presenting cells, and of potential importance in regulation of DC function...
KLRL1, a novel killer cell lectinlike receptor, inhibits natural killer cell cytotoxicityYanmei Han
Institute of Immunology, Second Military Medical University, 800 Xiangyin Rd, Shanghai 200433, China
Blood 104:2858-66. 2004..Taken together, our results demonstrate that KLRL1 belongs to the KLR family and is a novel inhibitory NK cell receptor...
Discoidin domain receptor 2 interacts with Src and Shc following its activation by type I collagenKazuo Ikeda
Department of Medicine, Division of Liver Diseases, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
J Biol Chem 277:19206-12. 2002..The data support a model in which Src and the DDR2 receptor cooperate in a regulated fashion to direct the phosphorylation of both the receptor and its targets...
Discoidin domain receptor 1 tyrosine kinase has an essential role in mammary gland developmentW F Vogel
Programme in Molecular Biology and Cancer, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X5
Mol Cell Biol 21:2906-17. 2001..These results suggest that DDR1 is a key mediator of the stromal-epithelial interaction during ductal morphogenesis in the mammary gland...
Characterization of high affinity binding motifs for the discoidin domain receptor DDR2 in collagenAntonios D Konitsiotis
Division of National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ
J Biol Chem 283:6861-8. 2008..Thus, DDR2 activation may be effected by single triple-helices rather than fibrillar collagen...
Endosomes generate localized Rho-ROCK-MLC2-based contractile signals via Endo180 to promote adhesion disassemblyJustin Sturge
Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre, The Institute of Cancer Research, London SW3 6JB, England, UK
J Cell Biol 175:337-47. 2006..We propose migration driven by Endo180 as a model for the spatial regulation of contractility and adhesion dynamics by endosomes...
Tyrosine 740 phosphorylation of discoidin domain receptor 2 by Src stimulates intramolecular autophosphorylation and Shc signaling complex formationKyungmi Yang
Biomedical Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, 39 1, Hawolgok dong, Sungbuk Ku, Seoul 136 791, Korea
J Biol Chem 280:39058-66. 2005....
Activation of discoidin domain receptor 1 facilitates the maturation of human monocyte-derived dendritic cells through the TNF receptor associated factor 6/TGF-beta-activated protein kinase 1 binding protein 1 beta/p38 alpha mitogen-activated protein kinaWataru Matsuyama
Laboratory of Molecular Immunoregulation, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
J Immunol 171:3520-32. 2003....
Discoidin domain receptor 2 inhibits fibrillogenesis of collagen type 1Cosmin Mihai
Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
J Mol Biol 361:864-76. 2006..Our results demonstrate a novel and important functional role of the DDR2 ECD that may contribute to collagen regulation via modulation of fibrillogenesis...
Extracellular matrix signaling through growth factor receptors during wound healingKien T Tran
Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Wound Repair Regen 12:262-8. 2004..We provide a model framework for further studies into this emerging class of signals...
Expression of discoidin domain receptor 2 (DDR2) extracellular domain in pichia pastoris and functional analysis in synovial fibroblasts and NIT3T3 cellsWei Zhang
Department of Microbiology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi an, Shaanxi 710032, P R China
Mol Cell Biochem 290:43-53. 2006..All these findings suggested that the fused expressed His-DR inhibited the activity of natural DDR2, and relevant MMP-1 and MMP-2 expression in synoviocytes and NIH3T3 cells provoked by collagen II...
Natural compounds from Danshen suppress the activity of hepatic stellate cellsSeong Hwan Oh
Department of Family Medicine, Korea University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Arch Pharm Res 29:762-7. 2006....
Sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor expression in cardiac fibroblasts is modulated by in vitro culture conditionsLee K Landeen
Department of Bioengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292:H2698-711. 2007..These results highlight the importance of demonstrating CFb culture purity in functional studies of S1P and also identify conditions that modulate S1P receptor expression in CFbs...
Discoidin domain receptor 1 mediates collagen-induced inflammatory activation of microglia in cultureMin Chul Seo
Department of Pharmacology, Brain Science and Engineering Institute, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea
J Neurosci Res 86:1087-95. 2008..Our results suggest that collagen can induce inflammatory activation of brain microglia and that DDR1 mediates this effect of collagen in an integrin-independent manner...
Localization of discoidin domain receptors in rat kidneyRutha Lee
Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn, USA
Nephron Exp Nephrol 97:e62-70. 2004..They are candidate effectors in tissue injury and fibrosis. We investigated the DDR expression in normal and remnant rat kidneys...
Function of discoidin domain receptor I in HGF-induced branching tubulogenesis of MDCK cells in collagen gelChau-Zen Wang
Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, and Department of Physiology, National Cheng-Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan
J Cell Physiol 203:295-304. 2005..These results indicate that DDR1 plays important role in regulation of HGF-induced branching tubulogenesis by modulating cell proliferation, survival, and cell migration...
Increased expression of the collagen receptor discoidin domain receptor 2 in articular cartilage as a key event in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritisLin Xu
Department of Developmental Biology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, 188 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Arthritis Rheum 56:2663-73. 2007..To investigate the role of the collagen receptor discoidin domain receptor 2 (DDR-2) in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis (OA)...
Role of discoidin domain receptors 1 and 2 in human smooth muscle cell-mediated collagen remodeling: potential implications in atherosclerosis and lymphangioleiomyomatosisNicola Ferri
Department of Pathology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
Am J Pathol 164:1575-85. 2004..Taken together, these data provide evidence for the potential roles of DDR1 and DDR2 in the regulation of collagen turnover mediated by SMCs in obstructive diseases of blood vessels and the lung...
Altered fibroblast function following myocardial infarctionChristina E Squires
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery Research, Room 629, Strom Thurmond Research Building, Medical University of South Carolina, 114 Doughty Street, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
J Mol Cell Cardiol 39:699-707. 2005..Additionally, our model provides a novel in vitro template for examining the cellular mechanisms of wound healing and scar formation post-MI...
Suppression of discoidin domain receptor 1 by RNA interference attenuates lung inflammationWataru Matsuyama
Division of Respiratory Medicine, Respiratory and Stress Care Center, Kagoshima University Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan
J Immunol 176:1928-36. 2006..Considered together, we propose that DDR1 contributes to the development of bleomycin-induced pulmonary inflammation and fibrosis...
Hematopoietic origins of fibroblasts: II. In vitro studies of fibroblasts, CFU-F, and fibrocytesYasuhiro Ebihara
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, 29401-5799, USA
Exp Hematol 34:219-29. 2006..CONCLUSION: We conclude that a population of fibroblasts and their precursors are derived from HSCs...
Fusion expression of DDR2 extracellular domain in insect cells and its purification and function characterizationWei Zhang
Department of Microbiology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi an, Shaanxi 710032, P R China
J Cell Biochem 102:41-51. 2007..These findings suggested that the expressed DR inhibited the activity of natural DDR2 and relevant MMP-1 and MMP-2 expression in RA synoviocytes and NIH3T3 cells provoked by collagen II...
Discoidin domain receptor 1 contributes to the survival of lung fibroblast in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosisWataru Matsuyama
Division of Respiratory Medicine, Respiratory and Stress Care Center, Kagoshima University Hospital, Sakuragaoka 8 35 1, Kagoshima 890 8520, Japan
Am J Pathol 168:866-77. 2006..We propose that DDR1 contributes to fibroblast survival in the tissue microenvironment of IPF and that DDR1 up-regulation may occur in other fibroproliferative lung diseases as well...
Two functional forms of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2/Flk-1 mRNA are expressed in normal rat retinaY Wen
Department of Medicine, West Los Angeles VA Medical Center, California, USA
J Biol Chem 273:2090-7. 1998....
Mapping of epitopes in discoidin domain receptor 1 critical for collagen bindingC A Curat
Laboratory of Extracellular Matrix Signaling and Tumor Invasion, Georg-Speyer-Haus-Institute for Biomedical Research, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe University Frankfurt, Paul-Ehrlich-Strasse 42-44, 60596 Frankfurt, Germany
J Biol Chem 276:45952-8. 2001..Using these results, we were able to predict key sites in the collagen-binding epitope of DDR1 and to suggest a potential mechanism of signaling...
Discoidin domain receptor 1 functions in axon extension of cerebellar granule neuronsR S Bhatt
Laboratory of Developmental Neurobiology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021 6399, USA
Genes Dev 14:2216-28. 2000..Our results therefore indicate that collagen-DDR1 signaling is essential for granule neuron axon formation and further suggest a unique role of pia in cerebellar cortex histogenesis...
Discoidin domain receptor 1 (ddr1) deletion decreases atherosclerosis by accelerating matrix accumulation and reducing inflammation in low-density lipoprotein receptor-deficient miceChristopher Franco
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Circ Res 102:1202-11. 2008..In conclusion, our data support a role for DDR1 in the regulation of both inflammation and fibrosis early in plaque development. Deletion of DDR1 attenuated atherogenesis and resulted in the formation of matrix-rich plaques...
Adhesion activity of fetal gonadal cells to EGF and discoidin domains of milk fat globule-EGF factor 8 (MFG-E8), a secreted integrin-binding protein which is transiently expressed in mouse early gonadogenesisMaki Ishii
Department of Veterinary Anatomy, The University of Tokyo, Yayoi 1-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
Anat Embryol (Berl) 209:485-94. 2005..5-dpc gonads. These findings therefore suggest that MFG-E8 mediates the cell-to-cell interaction among several somatic cell types and germ cells in mouse early gonadogenesis...
In vitro hematopoietic and endothelial potential of flk-1(-/-) embryonic stem cells and embryosA C Schuh
Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, 1 King s College Circle, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 2C4
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 96:2159-64. 1999..Our results suggest that hematopoietic/endothelial progenitors arise independently of Flk-1, but that their subsequent migration and expansion require a Flk-1-mediated signal...
[Structural basis for biological processes activated by collagen-binding proteins]Noritaka Nishida
Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113 0033, Japan
Seikagaku 80:483-92. 2008
Direct visualization of renal vascular morphogenesis in Flk1 heterozygous mutant miceB Robert
Department of Comparative Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294 0019, USA
Am J Physiol 275:F164-72. 1998....
Vascular endothelial growth factor D (VEGF-D) is a ligand for the tyrosine kinases VEGF receptor 2 (Flk1) and VEGF receptor 3 (Flt4)M G Achen
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Victoria, Australia
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 95:548-53. 1998..In addition, VEGF-D is a mitogen for endothelial cells. The structural and functional similarities between VEGF-D and VEGF-C define a subfamily of the VEGFs...
The phosphorylated 1169-tyrosine containing region of flt-1 kinase (VEGFR-1) is a major binding site for PLCgammaA Sawano
Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Minato ku, Tokyo, 108, Japan
Biochem Biophys Res Commun 238:487-91. 1997..These results strongly suggest that Tyr-1169 on Flt-1 is a major binding site for PLCgamma and important for Flt-1 signal transduction within the cell...
A requirement for Flk1 in primitive and definitive hematopoiesis and vasculogenesisF Shalaby
Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Cell 89:981-90. 1997....
Coordinate expression of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-1 (flt-1) and its ligand suggests a paracrine regulation of murine vascular developmentG Breier
Max Planck Institut fur Physiologische und Klinische Forschung, Bad Nauheim, Germany
Dev Dyn 204:228-39. 1995..The data are consistent with the hypothesis that VEGF and its receptors have an important function both in the differentiation of the endothelial lineage and in the neovascularization of developing organs, and act in a paracrine fashion...
Isolation of the complementary DNA encoding a mouse heparin-binding growth factor receptor with the use of a unique kinase insert sequenceO Katoh
Genetics Division, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan
Cancer Res 53:1136-41. 1993..The relative amounts of these mRNAs were different depending on the organs examined. Thus, these gene products may have different biological functions in organ development including the central nervous system...
Differential expression of vascular endothelial growth factor and its receptor mRNAs in the mouse uterus around the time of implantationI Chakraborty
Department of Physiology, Ralph L Smith Research Center, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City 66160 7338, USA
J Endocrinol 147:339-52. 1995..abstract truncated at 400 words)..
Discoidin domain receptor 1 isoform-a (DDR1alpha) promotes migration of leukocytes in three-dimensional collagen latticesH Kamohara
Laboratory of Molecular Immunoregulation, National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, Maryland 21702, USA
FASEB J 15:2724-6. 2001..Consequently, we propose that the interaction of DDR1alpha with collagen of the ECM results in a requisite intracellular signaling that enables leukocytes to migrate in a tissue microenvironment and participate in host defense...
DDR2 receptor promotes MMP-2-mediated proliferation and invasion by hepatic stellate cellsE Olaso
Division of Liver Diseases and Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
J Clin Invest 108:1369-78. 2001..Moreover, type I collagen-dependent upregulation of DDR2 expression establishes a positive feedback loop in activated stellate cells, leading to further proliferation and enhanced invasive activity...
VEGF165 mediates formation of complexes containing VEGFR-2 and neuropilin-1 that enhance VEGF165-receptor bindingShay Soker
Department of Urology, Children s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
J Cell Biochem 85:357-68. 2002..These complexes are formed on the surface of EC and in a juxtacrine manner via association of tumor cell NRP1 and EC KDR...
Ligand-induced shedding of discoidin domain receptor 1Wolfgang F Vogel
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Medical Science Building, Room 7334A, 1 King s College Circle, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A8
FEBS Lett 514:175-80. 2002..The characteristic of the DDR1 sheddase to be blocked by batimastat suggests that it belongs to the membrane-bound matrix metalloproteinase or disintegrin and metalloproteinase family of proteases...
Reactive oxygen species accelerate production of vascular endothelial growth factor by advanced glycation end products in RAW264.7 mouse macrophagesYoshishige Urata
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in Disease, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Nagasaki, Japan
Free Radic Biol Med 32:688-701. 2002..These results suggest an important role for AGEs in stimulation of the development of angiogenesis observed in diabetic complications, and that ROS accelerates the AGE-stimulated VEGF expression...
Discoidin domain receptor 1 controls growth and adhesion of mesangial cellsCyrile A Curat
Georg Speyer Haus, Institute for Biomedical Research, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
J Am Soc Nephrol 13:2648-56. 2002..This is the first evidence indicating that DDR1 could be involved in the proliferative stage of renal disorders...
Analysis of collagen-interacting proteins in patients with incisional herniasR Rosch
Department of Surgery, University Hospital, RWTH, Pauwelsstrasse 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany
Langenbecks Arch Surg 387:427-32. 2003..We investigated known collagen-interacting proteins to further characterize connective tissue in these patients...
KIBRA interacts with discoidin domain receptor 1 to modulate collagen-induced signallingHeidi N Hilton
Development Group, Cancer Research Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia
Biochim Biophys Acta 1783:383-93. 2008..Thus KIBRA may play a role in how the reproductive state influences the mammary epithelial cell to respond to changing cell-context information, such as experienced during the tissue remodeling events of mammary gland development...
Discoidin domain receptor 2 regulates fibroblast proliferation and migration through the extracellular matrix in association with transcriptional activation of matrix metalloproteinase-2Elvira Olaso
Division of Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
J Biol Chem 277:3606-13. 2002..These data establish a role for DDR2 in critical events during wound repair...
Shear stress induces expression of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor Flk-1/KDR through the CT-rich Sp1 binding siteTakeo Abumiya
National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Osaka, Japan
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 22:907-13. 2002..These results suggest that shear stress induces Flk-1/KDR expression through the CT-rich Sp1 binding site...
Functional analysis of discoidin domain receptor 1: effect of adhesion on DDR1 phosphorylationPeter H Thomas
ICRF Molecular Oncology Laboratories, Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DS, UK
FASEB J 16:234-6. 2002..This is the first RTK whose kinetics of phosphorylation is dependent on cellular context. The interaction of the cells with the matrix, rather than cell-cell contact, is probably responsible for the inhibition of phosphorylation...
Interaction of discoidin domain receptor 1 isoform b (DDR1b) with collagen activates p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase and promotes differentiation of macrophagesWataru Matsuyama
Laboratory of Molecular Immunoregulation, National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, Maryland 21702, USA
FASEB J 17:1286-8. 2003..Thus, DDR1b in response to collagen transduces signals that promote maturation/differentiation of HLA-DR-positive antigen-presenting cells and contributes to the development of adaptive immunity in a tissue microenvironment...
Inhibitors of arachidonic acid lipoxygenase impair the stimulation of inositol phospholipid hydrolysis by the T lymphocyte mitogen phytohaemagglutininA R Mire-Sluis
Department of Haematology, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, London, England
FEBS Lett 258:84-8. 1989..g. leukotrienes and/or hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acids) as intermediate steps in the signal transduction pathway between cell-surface mitogen receptors and the stimulation of PIP2-PLC in lymphocytes.
Mechanisms of antineoplastic action of somatostatin analogsM N Pollak
Department of Medicine, Lady Davis Research Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Proc Soc Exp Biol Med 217:143-52. 1998..not only because this activity is the converse of the tyrosine kinase activity associated with many peptide mitogen receptors, but also because the type II somatostatin receptor is frequently expressed by common human neoplasms, ..
Research Grants
- Characterization of Ocular Neural Stem CellsIqbal Ahmad; Fiscal Year: 2004..In addition, we will determine the distribution of mitogen receptors in different sub-populations of ocular progenitors in order to understand the basis of their responsiveness ..
- DDR1 controls tumor homing in breast to bone metastasisCelso Gomez Sanchez; Fiscal Year: 2004..A survey of the CRISP database showed that the NIH currently funds no other research on DDR1. ..
- MICROTUBULE/KERATIN INTERACTIONS DURING SPERMATOGENESISABRAHAM KIERSZENBAUM; Fiscal Year: 2002..Engineering mouse models in which the expression of K9 is null, is important for both reproductive biology and cancer research. ..
- PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE-SPECIFIC RECEPTOR FOR APOPTOTIC CELLSValerie Fadok; Fiscal Year: 2004..The investigators hypothesize that PS recognition has been preserved throughout phylogeny as an effective mechanism mediating the removal of apoantibodies. ..
- Clinical trial of self complementary AAV8-mediated gene transfer for hemophilia BAndrew M Davidoff; Fiscal Year: 2010....
- Hedgehog, Patched, and Gli in MedulloblastomaHoward Weiner; Fiscal Year: 2007..This system provides a unique opportunity to investigate an in vivo animal model of childhood medulloblastoma, and to determine the roles of Ptc and Gli in tumorigenesis. ..
- New Mexico NIEHS CenterScott Burchiel; Fiscal Year: 2006..S.-Mexico community partners. ..
- Clinical trial of self complementary AAV8-mediated gene transfer for hemophilia BAndrew Davidoff; Fiscal Year: 2009....
- rAAV-Mediated Gene Therapy for Hemophillia BAndrew Davidoff; Fiscal Year: 2009..Data generated from these studies will provide insight and preclinical data for a gene therapy trial not only for hemophilia B, but also for other potential trials in which AAV-mediated liver-targeted gene therapy might be employed. ..
- IMMUNOTOXICITY OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONSScott Burchiel; Fiscal Year: 2001..Finally, in Aim 4 we will assess the role of monocyte and P450 expression by Western blot and RT-PCR methods in subsets of HPBMC and human cell lines (above). ..
- IMMUNOTOXICITY OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONSScott Burchiel; Fiscal Year: 1993..The results of these studies are likely to give broad insights into mechanisms of immunotoxicity produced by environmental and other agents that alter Ca+2 homeostasis and signal transduction in lymphoid cells...
