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Plasma fibronectin supports neuronal survival and reduces brain injury following transient focal cerebral ischemia but is not essential for skin-wound healing and hemostasis

Sakai, Takao LU ; Johnson, Kamin J. ; Murozono, Michihiro ; Sakai, Keiko LU ; Magnuson, Marc A. ; Wieloch, Tadeusz LU ; Cronberg, Tobias LU ; Isshiki, Atsushi ; Erickson, Harold P. and Fässler, Reinhard LU (2001) In Nature Medicine 7(3). p.324-330
Abstract
Fibronectin performs essential roles in embryonic development and is prominently expressed during tissue repair. Two forms of fibronectin have been Identified: plasma fibronectin (pFn), which Is expressed by hepatocytes and secreted In soluble form into plasma; and cellular fibronectin (cFn), an insoluble form expressed locally by fibroblasts and other cell types and deposited and assembled into the extracellular matrix. To investigate the role of pFn in vivo, we generated pfn-deficient adult mice using Cre-loxP conditional gene-knockout technology. Here we show that pfn-deficient mice show increased neuronal apoptosis and larger Infarction areas following transient focal cerebral ischemia. However, pFn is dispensable for skin-wound... (More)
Fibronectin performs essential roles in embryonic development and is prominently expressed during tissue repair. Two forms of fibronectin have been Identified: plasma fibronectin (pFn), which Is expressed by hepatocytes and secreted In soluble form into plasma; and cellular fibronectin (cFn), an insoluble form expressed locally by fibroblasts and other cell types and deposited and assembled into the extracellular matrix. To investigate the role of pFn in vivo, we generated pfn-deficient adult mice using Cre-loxP conditional gene-knockout technology. Here we show that pfn-deficient mice show increased neuronal apoptosis and larger Infarction areas following transient focal cerebral ischemia. However, pFn is dispensable for skin-wound healing and hemostasis. (Less)
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10.1038/85471
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  abstract     = {{Fibronectin performs essential roles in embryonic development and is prominently expressed during tissue repair. Two forms of fibronectin have been Identified: plasma fibronectin (pFn), which Is expressed by hepatocytes and secreted In soluble form into plasma; and cellular fibronectin (cFn), an insoluble form expressed locally by fibroblasts and other cell types and deposited and assembled into the extracellular matrix. To investigate the role of pFn in vivo, we generated pfn-deficient adult mice using Cre-loxP conditional gene-knockout technology. Here we show that pfn-deficient mice show increased neuronal apoptosis and larger Infarction areas following transient focal cerebral ischemia. However, pFn is dispensable for skin-wound healing and hemostasis.}},
  author       = {{Sakai, Takao and Johnson, Kamin J. and Murozono, Michihiro and Sakai, Keiko and Magnuson, Marc A. and Wieloch, Tadeusz and Cronberg, Tobias and Isshiki, Atsushi and Erickson, Harold P. and Fässler, Reinhard}},
  issn         = {{1546-170X}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{3}},
  pages        = {{324--330}},
  publisher    = {{Nature Publishing Group}},
  series       = {{Nature Medicine}},
  title        = {{Plasma fibronectin supports neuronal survival and reduces brain injury following transient focal cerebral ischemia but is not essential for skin-wound healing and hemostasis}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/85471}},
  doi          = {{10.1038/85471}},
  volume       = {{7}},
  year         = {{2001}},
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