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Meanings of occluding cell junction in English

Russian
плотные контакты
Portuguese
tight junctions
Spanish
unión ocluyente
Catalan
unions estretes
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Type of cellular connection that minimizes metabolic flows between adjacent cells.

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        плотные контакты
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        Examples for "tight junction"
        Examples for "tight junction"
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        Proposed roles include maintenance of tight junction barriers, signaling and junction remodeling.
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        PKC-ζ inhibition also attenuated AGE-induced decrease of tight junction proteins in HRMECs.
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        Results showed reversible recovery on the expression of tight junction markers.
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        Proteins responsible for tight junction integrity are upregulated in hypertonic states.
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        The tight junction of epithelial cells excludes macromolecules but allows permeation of ions.
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        Microvillis and zonula occludens were observed on the surface of the differentiated cells under an electron microscope.
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        Most gap junctions between neurons in mammalian retina contain abundant connexin36, often in association with the scaffolding protein zonula occludens-1.
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        The expression and membrane localization of the tight junction proteins zonula occludens-1 and occludin were decreased in alveolar epithelial cells from HIV-1 transgenic rats.
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        Sequestration of CAR in tight junctions may limit virus infection across epithelial surfaces.
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        They create tight junctions with mouse hepatocytes, with no evidence of cell fusion.
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        This isoform of TOCA-1 recruits the actin nucleation-promoting factor N-WASP to tight junctions.
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        JAM-A localizes to tight junctions and contributes to paracellular permeability in polarized epithelia.
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        Adherens junctions are calcium dependent; recent evidence suggests that calcium also affects tight junctions.
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