Members of the CD44 transmembrane protein family have functions in many processes in normal life (for example, in haematopoiesis, the immune system and organogenesis), and in pathological situations ...

CD44, the major hyaluronan (HA) receptor, makes abundant use of alternative splicing and can be located in glycolipid-enriched microdomains (GEMs). The extracellular and the cytoplasmic domains can ...

Clinicopathologic features of gastric cancer in the elderly population.

Researchers investigating the role of the protein CD44 in obesity and metabolic health found that CD44-deficient mice stayed lean even on a high-fat diet, while the control mice developed obesity. A ...