Expression of junctional adhesion molecules on the human lymphatic endothelium

T Ueki, K Iwasawa, H Ishikawa, Y Sawa - Microvascular research, 2008 - Elsevier
Human lymphatic vessels express several leukocyte adhesion molecules. The study here
investigated the expression of three junctional adhesion molecules (JAM) which are a newly
reported glycoprotein family of adhesion molecules on human lymphatic endothelium. In this
study, JAM-1 and JAM-3 but not JAM-2 were detected in cultured human neonatal dermal
lymphatic endothelial cells (LEC) at the gene and protein levels by microarray, RT-PCR, real-
time PCR, and immunohistochemical analysis. The JAM-1 and JAM-3 expression was not …