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Roy Zent

Vanderbilt Center for Matrix Biology (VCMB)
Vanderbilt Center for Kidney Disease
Department of Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB)
Department of Medicine
Division of Nephrology & Hypertension


Cell-extracellular matrix interactions in health and disease from structure to function. Primary focus is on integrins in epithelial cells utilizing transgenic mice, cell biology and structural approaches..

Cell-extracellular matrix interactions in health and disease from structure to function. Primary focus is on integrins in epithelial cells utilizing transgenic mice, cell biology and structural approaches..

Keywords: integrin , laminin , kidney , lung , fibrosis , development

Research Area: Epithelial Biology , Cell Signaling