Layilin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the LAYN gene .[1]
Medical Relevance A study has shown that Layilin is upregulated in tumor infiltrating CD8+ Cytotoxic T cells of patients with liver cancer .[2]
References
↑ "Entrez Gene: Layilin" .↑ Zheng C, Zheng L, Yoo JK, Guo H, Zhang Y, Guo X, Kang B, Hu R, Huang JY, Zhang Q, Liu Z, Dong M, Hu X, Ouyang W, Peng J, Zhang Z (2017). "Landscape of Infiltrating T Cells in Liver Cancer Revealed by Single-Cell Sequencing". Cell . 169 (7): 1342–1356.e16. doi :10.1016/j.cell.2017.05.035 . PMID 28622514 .
Further reading
Bono P, Rubin K, Higgins JM, Hynes RO (2001). "Layilin, a novel integral membrane protein, is a hyaluronan receptor" . Mol. Biol. Cell . 12 (4): 891–900. doi :10.1091/mbc.12.4.891 . PMC 32274 PMID 11294894 . Borowsky ML, Hynes RO (1998). "Layilin, a novel talin-binding transmembrane protein homologous with C-type lectins, is localized in membrane ruffles" . J. Cell Biol . 143 (2): 429–42. doi :10.1083/jcb.143.2.429 . PMC 2132847 PMID 9786953 . Forteza RM, Casalino-Matsuda SM, Falcon NS, Valencia Gattas M, Monzon ME (2012). "Hyaluronan and layilin mediate loss of airway epithelial barrier function induced by cigarette smoke by decreasing E-cadherin" . J. Biol. Chem . 287 (50): 42288–98. doi :10.1074/jbc.M112.387795 . PMC 3516772 PMID 23048036 . Bono P, Cordero E, Johnson K, Borowsky M, Ramesh V, Jacks T, Hynes RO (2005). "Layilin, a cell surface hyaluronan receptor, interacts with merlin and radixin". Exp. Cell Res . 308 (1): 177–87. doi :10.1016/j.yexcr.2005.04.017 . PMID 15913605 .
