an interstitial collagen, accumulates within the GBM of patients with the nail–patella syndrome, and abnormal deposition of fibronectin, another extracellular matrix protein, is characteristic ...

In fibroblasts, fibronectin binds to its receptor α5β1 integrin to activate the integrin-linked protein kinase (ILK) and increase cell contractility. Similarly, fibroblast-like preadipocytes can ...