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ArticleBiomedicines2021

Soluble JAM-C Ectodomain Serves as the Niche for Adipose-Derived Stromal/Stem Cells.

Morio Yamazaki, Kotaro Sugimoto, Yo Mabuchi, Rina Yamashita, Naoki Ichikawa-Tomikawa, Tetsuharu Kaneko, Chihiro Akazawa, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Tetsuya Imura, Hideki Chiba

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Article in Biomedicines, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Junctional adhesion molecule-C: A multifunctional mediator of cell adhesion.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Morio YamazakiDepartment of Basic Pathology, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan.
Kotaro SugimotoDepartment of Basic Pathology, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-5299-7610
Yo MabuchiDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo 113-8510, Japan.
Rina YamashitaDepartment of Basic Pathology, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan.
Naoki Ichikawa-TomikawaDepartment of Basic Pathology, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan.
Tetsuharu KanekoDivision of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan.
Chihiro AkazawaDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo 113-8510, Japan.
Hiroshi HasegawaDivision of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan.
Tetsuya ImuraDepartment of Basic Pathology, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan.
Hideki ChibaDepartment of Basic Pathology, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-1777-8460
Fukushima Medical University · JPTokyo Medical and Dental University · JP

Funding

Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development JP20lm0203002Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 18K15127Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 20K21529
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Junctional adhesion molecules (JAMs) are expressed in diverse types of stem and progenitor cells, but their physiological significance has yet to be established. Here, we report that JAMs exhibit a novel mode of interaction and biological activity in adipose-derived stromal/stem cells (ADSCs). Among the JAM family members, JAM-B and JAM-C were concentrated along the cell membranes of mouse ADSCs. JAM-C but not JAM-B was broadly distributed in the interstitial spaces of mouse adipose tissue. Interestingly, the JAM-C ectodomain was cleaved and secreted as a soluble form (sJAM-C) in vitro and in vivo, leading to deposition in the fat interstitial tissue. When ADSCs were grown in culture plates coated with sJAM-C, cell adhesion, cell proliferation and the expression of five mesenchymal stem cell markers,

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junctional adhesion moleculemesenchymal stem cellnichesheddingstem celltight junction

Identifiers

PMID33801826
PMCPMC8000331
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