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Taken together, we show that, unlike PilC1 that enables meningococcal attachment to many epithelial or endothelial cells, the meningococcal PilC2 protein selectively mediates adhesion to restricted cell types.

The TibA protein encodes a glycosylated autotransporter that mediates adhesion to surface epithelial cells, autoaggregation, and biofilm formation [ 22, 23].

The loss of PECAM-1 is particularly interesting because it mediates adhesion to endothelial cell corners and is necessary for diapedesis (see discussion above) [ 56, 164].

BslA mediates adhesion to host cells, and has been found to mediate the ability of the bacterium to cross the host blood-brain barrier.

An example is N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase, a hydrolase involved in septum cleavage during cell division and an autolysin, the cell wall anchoring domain of which mediates adhesion to epithelial cells in Listeria monocytogenes [ 62].

Using adherence assays to purified ligands in the presence and absence of function-blocking monoclonal antibodies, we have demonstrated that alphavbeta5 mediates adhesion to vitronectin in the majority of these cells.

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.

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

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

The third mechanism is by mediating adhesion to cells [34], thereby, facilitating the initiation of biofilm formation.

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].