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- Lacritin is a 12.3 kDa glycoprotein encoded in humans by the LACRT gene. Lacritin's discovery emerged from a screen for factors that stimulate tear protein...
- perforation. Another contributing factor may be lacritin monomer deficiency. Lacritin monomer, active form of lacritin, is selectively decreased in aqueous deficient...
- such as proteins (e.g., antibodies, lipocalin, lactoferrin, lysozyme, and lacritin) Lacrimal gland Promotes spreading of the tear film, the control of infectious...
- invasive growth of cancer cells. An exception is the prosecretory mitogen lacritin that binds syndecan-1 only after heparanase modification. Binding utilizes...
- interact with syndecans via heparan sulfate chains, the prosecretory mitogen lacritin requires heparanase to both expose and create a binding site in the N-terminus...
- LFU may refer to Lacrimal functional unit, primary source of lacritin in the body Least frequently used, algorithm Lebanese Forces – Executive Command...
- activity functions as an off/on switch for the prosecretory mitogen lacritin. Lacritin binds the cell surface heparan sulfate proteoglycan syndecan-1 only...
- interacts with two histone deacetylases (HDAC1 and HDAC2) and the protein Lacritin (LACRT). These interactions were determined using high-throughput affinity-purification...