CD144,alsoknownasVE-CadherinorCadherin-5,isamemberofthecadherinfamilyofcalcium-dependentadhesionmolecules.Theantigenisexpressedonendothelialcells
invivoand
invitro1,2andhasbeenusedfortheisolationofendothelialcellsderivedfromembryonicstemcellsandinducedpluripotentstemcells
2,3,4.Itisknowntobeinvolvedinhomophiliccellinteractionscontributingtothecohesionandorganizationoftheintercellularjunctionsofthevascularendotheliumandthoughttoplayaroleinvascularperme
ABIlityandremodeling.CD144MicroBeadsreactwithacalcium-independentepitopeonCD144.