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- 4. Which type of CAM is best known for presenting foreign particles to immune cells?
- 6. Activated macrophages can produce MMPs that can degrade ECM giving rise to diseases, such as ___________
- 7. If a cell wanted to adhere to the ECM using actin filament what type of cell junction should it use?
- 9. This transmembrane protein comprised of CRP repeats and a lectin-like domain
- 11. Multicellular organism cannot exist without cell________
- 13. Proteoglycans have a net ______charge which binds Na+ and therefore attracts and retain water within the ECM.
- 15. _________proteins in ECM such as collagen and elastin provide tensile strength to the tissue.
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- 1. Selectins are involve in initiation _____________ involving migration of leukocytes along the vascular endothelium
- 2. ECM of the heart tissues include the hyaluronan, proteoglycan, collagen, fibronectin and ________ factors important for cardiomyocytes development and function.
- 3. This is an adhesive protein that connects integrin on cell surface to collagens in ECM.
- 5. This is the most abundant protein in the human body and a major component of the skin and bone.
- 8. ECM are produced intracellularly by resident cells and are secreted via __________
- 10. This is a Ca2+ dependant cell adhesion molecule.
- 12. This ECM component is found in lung, skin, bladder and cartilage and function to provide elasticity to these tissues.
- 14. What is the cell adhesion protein that functions to adhere cells to the ECM?