AUTHOR=Wang Junqi , Chen Xiaoping 

TITLE=Junctional Adhesion Molecules: Potential Proteins in Atherosclerosis

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

VOLUME=9

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cardiovascular-medicine/articles/10.3389/fcvm.2022.888818

DOI=10.3389/fcvm.2022.888818

ISSN=2297-055X

ABSTRACT=<p>Junctional adhesion molecules (JAMs) are cell-cell adhesion molecules of the immunoglobulin superfamily and are involved in the regulation of diverse atherosclerosis-related processes such as endothelial barrier maintenance, leucocytes transendothelial migration, and angiogenesis. To combine and further broaden related results, this review concluded the recent progress in the roles of JAMs and predicted future studies of JAMs in the development of atherosclerosis.</p>