Table 3

Phenotypes of deletions of integrin subunits in the mouse

Integrin subunit
Viability
Fertility
Phenotype
Reference

α1
+
+
Defects in bone healing and reduced tumor angiogenesis
[36]
α2
+
+
Reduced branching morphogenesis and platelet adhesion
[37]
α3
Perinatal lethal
+
Kidney, lung, and skin defects
[38]
α4
Embryonic lethal
-
Placental and heart defects
[39]
α5
Embryonic lethal
-
Mesodermal and vascular defects
[40]
α6
Perinatal lethal
+
Epidermal detachment, defect in neurogenesis
[41]
α7
+
+
Muscular dystrophy
[42]
α8
Perinatal lethal
+
Kidney defect
[43]
α9
Perinatal lethal
+
Chylothorax (defect in lymphatic drainage)
[44]
αv
Embryonic and perinatal lethal
+
Cerebral hemorrhage
[45]
αM
+
+
Neutrophil adhesion and degranulation
[46]
αL
+
+
Neutrophil emigration
[47]
αD
+
+
Reduced T-cell response and T-cell phenotypic changes
[48]
αE
+
+
Skin inflammation
[49]
β1
Embryonic lethal
-
Fails to gastrulate
[45,50]
β2
+
+
Leukocyte adhesion deficiency
[51]
β3
+
+
Platelet defect
[52]
β4
Perinatal lethal
+
Epidermal detachment
[53]
β5
+
+
Accelerated age-related blindness
[54]
β6
+
+
Inflammation in skin and lungs
[55]
β7
+
+
Gut-associated lymphocyte defects
[56]
β8
Embryonic and perinatal lethal
+
Cerebral hemorrhage
[57]

Takada et al. Genome Biology 2007 8:215   doi:10.1186/gb-2007-8-5-215