“…Expression of CD98hc in mammalian cells stimulates amino acid transport by promoting cell surface expression of the light chain (Mastroberardino et al, 1998). In addition to its role in amino acid transport, CD98hc interacts with integrins and regulates their signaling properties (Fenczik et al, 1997(Fenczik et al, , 2001Chandrasekaran et al, 1999;Zent et al, 2000;Kolesnikova et al, 2001;Merlin et al, 2001;Feral et al, 2005). Our studies and those of others have been instrumental in understanding how CD98hc physically and functionally interacts with integrins and regulates their functions in vitro (Merlin et al, 2001;Rintoul et al, 2002;Henderson et al, 2004;Feral et al, 2005Feral et al, , 2007.…”