title: Cellular recognition and patterning in sensory systems.
abstract: Cells dissociated from various tissues of vertebrate embryos preferentially reaggregate with cells from the same tissue when they are mixed together. This tissue-specific recognition process in vertebrates is mainly mediated by a family of cell adhesion molecules because of their specific binding properties. Recent studies have revealed that two families of adhesion molecules, nectins and cadherins, are associated with each other, and these associations provide cells with the differential adhesive affinities required for cellular recognition and complex cellular pattern formations during development. This review provides an overview of recent findings regarding the cooperative functions of nectins and cadherins, as well as a discussion of the molecular basis underlying these functions.
authors.affiliation: Division of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Electronic address: htogashi@med.kobe-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Hideru
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Togashi
authors.affiliation: Division of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe 650-0017, Japan; Hyogo Prefectural Kobe Children's Hospital, Kobe 650-0047, Japan.
authors.forename: Sayaka
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Katsunuma
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015820:Cadherins / Q000378:metabolism*; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000502:physiology*; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000378:metabolism*; D002450:Cell Communication / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009024:Morphogenesis / Q000502:physiology*; D000075983:Nectins; D014714:Vertebrates / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D015820:Cadherins; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D000075983:Nectins
keywords: Cadherins; Cell recognition; Cell sorting; Hippocampal neurons; Mosaic cellular pattern; Nectins; Sensory organs