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Preferred term

Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A cell adhesion molecule, composed of a series of Ig-like domains, and expressed on virtually all MONOCYTES; PLATELETS; and GRANULOCYTES. PECAM-1 is highly expressed on endothelial cells and concentrated at the junctions between them. It is essential for TRANSENDOTHELIAL MIGRATION of leukocytes and removal of apoptotic cells by PHAGOCYTES.

Entry terms

  • Antigens, CD31
  • CD31 Antigen
  • CD31 Antigens
  • PECAM-1

In other languages

  • French

  • Antigène CD31
  • CD31
  • Molécule-1 d'adhérence des plaquettes à l'endothélium
  • Molécule-1 d'adhérence des plaquettes aux cellules endothéliales
  • Molécule-1 d'adhérence plaquette-cellule endothéliale
  • Molécule-1 d'adhésion des plaquettes à l'endothélium
  • Molécule-1 d'adhésion des plaquettes aux cellules endothéliales
  • Molécule-1 d'adhésion plaquette-cellule endothéliale
  • Protéine PECAM-1

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-ZVHVB1WT-H

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