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Our nanoparticles mimic four key attributes of platelets, (i) discoidal morphology, (ii) mechanical flexibility, (iii) biophysically and biochemically mediated aggregation, and (iv) heteromultivalent presentation of ligands that mediate adhesion to both von Willebrand Factor and collagen, as well as specific clustering to activated platelets.

Trimeric autotransporter adhesins (TAAs) are modular, highly repetitive outer membrane proteins that mediate adhesion to external surfaces in many Gram-negative bacteria.

Other receptors, such as CD44, VLA-4, and B-CAM/LU, can mediate adhesion to components of extracellular matrix.

To date 11 host receptors have been identified that mediate adhesion to endothelium including CD36 and ICAM-1 to which most clinical P. falciparum isolates adhere [4].

Proline-rich repeat motifs in fungal and bacterial proteins can mediate adhesion to host cells [41], [42], most notably the C. albicans Hwp1 protein [9].

More recently these pilus components were shown to mediate adhesion to human pharyngeal and skin cells and participate in biofilm formation [102], [103].

The most well-characterized function of CD82 in non-immune cells is integrin-mediated cell adhesion to the extracellular matrix 12. CD82-mediated adhesion to fibronectin is mediated by VLA-4 in hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells 13.

This indicates formation of activated signaling focal contacts through integrin mediated adhesion to ECM proteins.

Integrin-mediated adhesion to the ECM is essential for normal development of animal tissues.

van der Loo, J. C. et al. VLA-5 is expressed by mouse and human long-term repopulating hematopoietic cells and mediates adhesion to extracellular matrix protein fibronectin.

These studies confirm that B-CAM/LU is the most critical receptor mediating adhesion to laminin under both static and flow conditions.