作者: Philip R. Streeter , Ellen Lakey Berg , Bich Tien N. Rouse , Robert F. Bargatze , Eugene C. Butcher
DOI: 10.1038/331041A0
关键词: Homing (hematopoietic) 、 Gut-specific homing 、 High endothelial venules 、 Cell biology 、 Immunology 、 Endothelial stem cell 、 Biology 、 Lymphocyte 、 Lymphatic system 、 Addressin 、 Lymphocyte homing receptor
摘要: An endothelial cell surface molecule that is selectively expressed in mucosal organs required for lymphocyte homing to lymphoid tissues. This 'vascular addressin' appears function as a tissue-specific marker or address signal recognition by lymphocytes circulating the blood.