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Bianca R. Tomasini-Johansson
Researcher at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Publications - 20
Citations - 1057
Bianca R. Tomasini-Johansson is an academic researcher from University of Wisconsin-Madison. The author has contributed to research in topics: Fibronectin & Fibrillogenesis. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 19 publications receiving 987 citations. Previous affiliations of Bianca R. Tomasini-Johansson include Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation & Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.
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Abnormal mast cells in mice deficient in a heparin-synthesizing enzyme
Erik Forsberg,Gunnar Pejler,Maria Ringvall,Carolina Lunderius,Bianca R. Tomasini-Johansson,Marion Kusche-Gullberg,Inger Eriksson,Johan Ledin,Lars Hellman,Lena Kjellén +9 more
TL;DR: The results indicate that one site of physiological action for heparin could be inside connective-tissue-type mast cells, where its absence results in severe defects in the secretory granules.
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A 49-Residue Peptide from Adhesin F1 of Streptococcus pyogenes Inhibits Fibronectin Matrix Assembly
Bianca R. Tomasini-Johansson,Nicole R. Kaufman,Martin G. Ensenberger,Vered Ozeri,Emanuel Hanski,Deane F. Mosher +5 more
TL;DR: Results indicate that the 49-residue upstream sequence of F1 binds in an inhibitory mode to N-terminal parts of exogenous and endogenous fibronectin which are critical for fibronctin fibrillogenesis.
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Myofibroblasts exhibit enhanced fibronectin assembly that is intrinsic to their contractile phenotype
Elizabeth E. Torr,Caitlyn Ngam,Ksenija Bernau,Bianca R. Tomasini-Johansson,Benjamin Acton,Nathan Sandbo +5 more
TL;DR: A linkage between increased contractile gene expression, most importantly α-SMA, and the intrinsic capacity of myofibroblasts to assemble exogenous FN into fibrillar extracellular matrix is demonstrated.
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Extended Substrate Specificity of Rat Mast Cell Protease 5, a Rodent α-Chymase with Elastase-like Primary Specificity
TL;DR: It is concluded that the rat α-chymase has converted to elastase-like substrate specificity, perhaps associated with an adoption of new biological targets, separate from those of human α- chymase.
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The N-terminal 70-kDa fragment of fibronectin binds to cell surface fibronectin assembly sites in the absence of intact fibronectin.
TL;DR: A model in which the N-terminal 70-kDa region of fibronectin binds to linearly arrayed cell surface molecules of adherent cells to initiate assembly, display of the arrays is controlled by the integrin that mediates adhesion, and fibronsectin-binding integrins promote fibronctin-fibronECTin interactions during progression of assembly is supported.