“…Next, we determined how could SPP1, a secreted protein, function through PKCα. Previous studies have reported that SPP1 interacted with many cell types via various receptors, including CD44 and integrins (αvβ3, αvβ1, αvβ5, αvβ6, α8β1, α5β1, α9β1, and α4β7) [14,34]. However, receptors have been reported to be expressed on SCs including CD44, αvβ3, αvβ8, α1β1, α2β1, α6β1 and α7β1 [31,32].…”