Drosophila SPARC collagen IV chaperone-like activity essential for development is unique to the fat body

Summary: Drosophila fat body-derived SPARC acts as a chaperone for collagen IV (Col(IV)), enabling their diffusion and incorporation into distal tissue basement membranes (BMs). Disruption of SPARC or Col(IV) production by the fat body is lethal, despite expression by other tissues such as imaginal...

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Main Authors: Samuel Delage, Arya Zadhoosh, William You, Theodore Joseph Brown, Maurice Joseph Ringuette
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-04-01
Series:iScience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004225003712
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