{"title":"Desmocollin-3 and Cancer","authors":"B. Khamar","doi":"10.26717/BJSTR.2017.01.000473","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Desmocollin-3[DSC3] is one of the adhesion molecules of cadher in super family found in desmosome and is a major adhesive force of epithelial cells [1-6]. DSC3 is a transmembrane calcium-dependent glycoprotein produced by the endoplasmic reticulum,encoded by the DSC3 gene. DSC3 is expressed, mainly in basal and immediate suprabasal layers of the stratified squamous epithelia [7] like buccal mucosa, esophagus, cervix, fore skin tongue, trachea etc. [3,8]. As an adhesion molecule, DSC3 provides homophilic adhesion i.e. cells expressing DSC3 will adhere to each other at the site of expression but not with others; it also works as a receptor as well as ligand to participate in cell signaling [9].","PeriodicalId":199403,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Clinical Drug Research - Anti-Cancer Agents: Volume 8","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2017-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"6","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Frontiers in Clinical Drug Research - Anti-Cancer Agents: Volume 8","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.26717/BJSTR.2017.01.000473","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Desmocollin-3[DSC3] is one of the adhesion molecules of cadher in super family found in desmosome and is a major adhesive force of epithelial cells [1-6]. DSC3 is a transmembrane calcium-dependent glycoprotein produced by the endoplasmic reticulum,encoded by the DSC3 gene. DSC3 is expressed, mainly in basal and immediate suprabasal layers of the stratified squamous epithelia [7] like buccal mucosa, esophagus, cervix, fore skin tongue, trachea etc. [3,8]. As an adhesion molecule, DSC3 provides homophilic adhesion i.e. cells expressing DSC3 will adhere to each other at the site of expression but not with others; it also works as a receptor as well as ligand to participate in cell signaling [9].