"Gelsolin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A 90-kDa protein produced by macrophages that severs ACTIN filaments and forms a cap on the newly exposed filament end. Gelsolin is activated by CALCIUM ions and participates in the assembly and disassembly of actin, thereby increasing the motility of some CELLS.
| Descriptor ID |
D018260
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D05.750.078.730.350 D12.644.360.372.437 D12.776.157.125.412.437 D12.776.220.525.350 D12.776.476.387.437
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| Concept/Terms |
Gelsolin- Gelsolin
- Gelsolin Protein
- Serum Actin Inhibitory Protein
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Gelsolin" by people in Profiles.
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Megaw R, Abu-Arafeh H, Jungnickel M, Mellough C, Gurniak C, Witke W, Zhang W, Khanna H, Mill P, Dhillon B, Wright AF, Lako M, Ffrench-Constant C. Gelsolin dysfunction causes photoreceptor loss in induced pluripotent cell and animal retinitis pigmentosa models. Nat Commun. 2017 08 16; 8(1):271.
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Turvey MR, Fogarty KE, Thorn P. Inositol (1,4,5)-trisphosphate receptor links to filamentous actin are important for generating local Ca2+ signals in pancreatic acinar cells. J Cell Sci. 2005 Mar 01; 118(Pt 5):971-80.