Collagen receptor

Collagen receptors are membrane proteins that bind the extracellular matrix protein collagen, the most abundant protein in mammals.[1] They control mainly cell proliferation, migration and adhesion, coagulation cascade activation and they affect ECM structure by regulation of MMP (matrix metalloproteinases).

There are at least eight human collagen receptors.[2]

  1. ^ Collagen+Receptor at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
  2. ^ Leitinger B, Hohenester E (April 2007). "Mammalian collagen receptors". Matrix Biol. 26 (3): 146–55. doi:10.1016/j.matbio.2006.10.007. PMID 17141492.