Nature Communications (May 2022)

Plasma membrane phosphatidylinositol (4,5)-bisphosphate is critical for determination of epithelial characteristics

  • Kaori Kanemaru,
  • Makoto Shimozawa,
  • Manabu Kitamata,
  • Rikuto Furuishi,
  • Hinako Kayano,
  • Yui Sukawa,
  • Yuuki Chiba,
  • Takatsugu Fukuyama,
  • Junya Hasegawa,
  • Hiroki Nakanishi,
  • Takuma Kishimoto,
  • Kazuya Tsujita,
  • Kazuma Tanaka,
  • Toshiki Itoh,
  • Junko Sasaki,
  • Takehiko Sasaki,
  • Kiyoko Fukami,
  • Yoshikazu Nakamura

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30061-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Epithelial cells provide cell-cell adhesion to maintain the integrity of multicellular organisms. Here the authors show that phospholipid phosphatidylinositol (4,5)-bisphosphate is critical for the maintenance of epithelial characteristics.