The phrase "adhesion type" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to materials science, engineering, or medical fields, where different types of adhesion are being discussed.
Example: "The adhesion type of the adhesive used in this experiment significantly affects the bond strength."
Alternatives: "type of adhesion" or "adhesive category".
Interestingly, neither α- and β-dystroglycan nor utrophin appeared to localise in more peripheral focal adhesion type structures, compare vinculin staining in Figure 1.
Apart from mediating cell adhesion, type I pili play a role in promoting cell invasion by a macropinocytosis-like process which involves both the host cell actin filaments and microtubules [17].
The modulation of the cell adhesion function seems not to be limited to any specific adhesion type but includes cadherins, integrins, and selectins as well as adhesion molecules associated with tight junctions.
Whilst previous studies have identified α-dystroglycan in focal adhesion and cell adhesion type structures [49], [55], and its intracellular linker utrophin in focal adhesions [56] there is little convincing evidence for β-dystroglycan in such structures even though it is presumed to be there to link between α-dystroglycan and utrophin.
Another adhesion type where dystroglycan has recently been found to play a role is the podosome.
Bernabeu, M. et al. Severe adult malaria is associated with specific PfEMP1 adhesion types and high parasite biomass.
In this study, we designed and validated a new series of type-discriminatory primers to the DBL-β, -γ, and -δ adhesion types for epidemiological profiling.
When we tested patient isolates for their ability to bind to three different forms of ICAM-1 under static conditions, we saw a broad distribution of adhesion types but an excess of 'ca' type in severe malaria (CM and SM other combined, although the majority of 'ca' types were in the CM category (Table S1)).
This also confirms that the modest changes in VASP phosphorylation between the two adhesion types cannot introduce a significant change in actin assembly rates.
Moreover, the available evidence is insufficient to establish the relative importance of currently identified trans-synaptic adhesion types and mechanisms in vivo.
Recently significant inroads have been made into this problem, with the finding that dystroglycan is a component of podosome adhesion structures, and techniques have been developed to visualise dystroglycan in focal adhesions making the study of dystroglycan in these adhesion types more amenable [ 47, 48].
