Hemidesmosomes (light blue) connect intermediate filaments of a cell to the basal lamina, a combination of extracellular molecules on other cell surfaces. Gap junctions (yellow) are clusters of ...

The basal lamina is composed of collagen and laminin proteins, as well as various other macromolecules. On this side of the endothelium, adhesive junctions attach cells to the ECM. Transmembrane ...

The capillary basal lamina (BL) located between the endothelial cell, pericyte and perivascular astrocyte plays important roles in normal and diseased central nervous system (CNS). Using ...

Dystrophin is part of a protein complex linking the cytoskeleton of muscle fibers to the surrounding connective tissue (basal lamina). It’s a long protein with numerous redundant coils (purple balls), ...