Integrins are heterodimeric proteins made up of alpha and beta subunits. At least 18 alpha and 8 beta subunits have been described in mammals. Integrin family members are membrane receptors involved in cell adhesion and recognition in a variety of processes including embryogenesis, hemostasis, tissue repair, immune response and metastatic diffusion of tumor cells. This gene encodes a beta subunit. Multiple alternatively spliced transcript variants which encode different protein isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008],CD29,FNRB,GPIIA,MDF2,MSK12,VLA-BETA,VLAB,Integrin beta 1,ITGB1,Integrin β1,CDs,Cell Adhesion,Cell Biology & Developmental Biology,Cell Type Marker,Cell Type Marker_Neural Stem Cell marker,Cytoskeleton,Embryonic Stem Cells,G protein signaling,G protein signaling_G-Protein-Coupled Receptors Signaling to MAPK/Erk,Immunology & Inflammation,MAPK-Erk Signaling Pathway,Mesenchymal Stem Cells,Neuroscience,PI3K-Akt Signaling Pathway,Signal Transduction,Stem Cells,ITGB1