"Tetraspanins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A large superfamily of cell surface membrane proteins characterized by their four transmembrane domains. They play a role in a variety of processes such as cellular adhesion and motility. They may be involved in the organization of cell surface MEMBRANE MICRODOMAINS that regulate the activation of LEUKOCYTES.
| Descriptor ID |
D059470
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.543.900
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Tetraspanins" by people in Profiles.
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DNA Methylation Analysis Identifies Loci for Blood Pressure Regulation. Am J Hum Genet. 2017 Dec 07; 101(6):888-902.
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Advancing a vaccine to prevent human schistosomiasis. Vaccine. 2016 06 03; 34(26):2988-2991.
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Next-generation sequencing and novel variant determination in a cohort of 92 familial exudative vitreoretinopathy patients. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2015 Feb 24; 56(3):1937-46.
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TM4SF20 ancestral deletion and susceptibility to a pediatric disorder of early language delay and cerebral white matter hyperintensities. Am J Hum Genet. 2013 Aug 08; 93(2):197-210.
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Arthritogenic self-reactive CD4+ T cells acquire an FR4hiCD73hi anergic state in the presence of Foxp3+ regulatory T cells. J Immunol. 2012 Jan 01; 188(1):170-81.