"Basigin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A widely distributed cell surface transmembrane glycoprotein characterized by extracellular IMMUNOGLOBULIN DOMAINS. It stimulates the synthesis of MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES and is found at high levels on the surface of malignant NEOPLASMS where it may play a role as a mediator of malignant cell behavior.
| Descriptor ID |
D051926
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.395.550.045 D12.776.543.550.187 D23.050.285.040
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| Concept/Terms |
Basigin- Basigin
- Emmprin
- CD147 Antigens
- Extracellular Matrix Metalloproteinase Inducer (EMMPRIN)
- Emmprin Protein
- Basigin Protein
- CD147 Antigen
- Antigen, CD147
- Antigens, CD147
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The SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein disrupts human cardiac pericytes function through CD147 receptor-mediated signalling: a potential non-infective mechanism of COVID-19 microvascular disease. Clin Sci (Lond). 2021 12 22; 135(24):2667-2689.