title: Osteopontin, a coordinator of host defense system: a cytokine or an extracellular adhesive protein?
authors.affiliation: Section of Immunopathogenesis, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uede
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Katagiri
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Iizuka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Murakami
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002320:Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena; D006801:Humans; D018960:Hyaluronan Receptors / Q000502:physiology; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000503:physiopathology; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000378:metabolism; D053495:Osteopontin; D011485:Protein Binding; D011487:Protein Conformation; D051381:Rats; D012795:Sialoglycoproteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014553:Urinary Tract Physiological Phenomena
chemical_list: D018960:Hyaluronan Receptors; D009842:Oligopeptides; C506895:SPP1 protein, human; D012795:Sialoglycoproteins; C506896:Spp1 protein, mouse; C506897:Spp1 protein, rat; D053495:Osteopontin; C047981:arginyl-glycyl-aspartic acid