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Comparison of the effects of triamcinolone acetonide or platelet-rich plasma on expression of extracellular matrix-related genes in equine healthy chondrocytes in vitro

Ciência Rural
: In healthy cartilage, chondrocytes maintain an expression of collagens and proteoglycans and are sensitive to growth factors and cytokines that either enhance or reduce type II collagen synthesis. In osteoarthritis, pro-inflammatory cytokines, such as
Heloisa Einloft Palma, Miguel Gallio, Gabriele Biavaschi da Silva, Camila Cantarelli, Kalyne Bertolin, Patrícia Wolkmer, Julien Wergutz, Luciana Maria Fontanari Krause, Alexandre Krause, Alfredo Quites Antoniazzi, Karin Erica Brass, Flavio Desessards De La Corte   +11 more
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BMP-2 shows characteristic extracellular patterns in osteoarthritic cartilage: a preliminary report

GMS Interdisciplinary Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery DGPW, 2013
To determine bone morphogenetic protein (BMP)-2 protein and Aggrecan in osteoarthritic and healthy cartilage with special regard to localization and degree of cartilage damage 95 samples representing osteoarthritic cartilage and 17 samples out of normal ...
Pester, Julia K., Stumpfe, Stephanie, Steinert, Susanne, Marintschev, Ivan, Aurich, Matthias, Hofmann, Gunther O.   +5 more
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Light‐Inducible Activation of FGFR3 Facilitates Chondrocyte Maturation

Cell Proliferation, EarlyView.
Light‐inducible activation of FGFR3 induced robust activation of MAPK signaling, promoting proliferation and collagen depositon in induced chondrocytes and prevent the degeneration of osteoarthritic chondrocytes.
Mengze Sun, Yun Zhao, Yuqing Du, Yifei Fan, Kai Wang, Xiaoqing Hu   +5 more
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Extracellular matrix and proteolysis: mechanisms driving irreversible changes and shaping cell behavior

The FEBS Journal, EarlyView.
Irreversible ECM proteolysis by remodeling enzymes shapes development, homeostasis, and disease. ECM‐degrading proteases display cell specificity and are governed by shared mechanisms, exhibiting functional redundancy in generating matrikines, growth factors, and cytokines.
Inna Solomonov, Orit Kollet, Irit Sagi
wiley   +1 more source

A guide to the types, structures, and multifaceted functions of matrix metalloproteinases in cancer

The FEBS Journal, EarlyView.
Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) orchestrate cancer progression and metastasis through proteolytic and non‐proteolytic actions. By remodeling the tumor microenvironment, enhancing growth factor availability, and modulating cell behavior, MMPs promote proliferation, migration or invasion, and epithelial‐to‐mesenchymal transition. Alongside extracellular
Zoi Piperigkou, Sylvia Mangani, Spyros Kremmydas, Nikolaos E. Koletsis, Nikos K. Karamanos   +4 more
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The structure and function of cartilage proteoglycans [PDF]

European Cells & Materials, 2006
Cartilage contains a variety of proteoglycans that are essential for its normal function. These include aggrecan, decorin, biglycan, fibromodulin and lumican. Each proteoglycan serves several functions that are determined by both its core protein and its
P J Roughley
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Saxagliptin suppresses degradation of type II collagen and aggrecan in primary human chondrocytes: a therapeutic implication in osteoarthritis

Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine, and Biotechnology, 2019
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a major public health concern for which a reliable non-invasive treatment option has yet to be developed. In the present study, we investigated the effects of saxagliptin, a novel dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP-4) inhibitor, on ...
Ning Hu, Xuan Gong, Shijie Yin, Qi Li, Hao Chen, Yuwan Li, Feilong Li, Leilei Qing, Jianye Yang, Sizheng Zhu, Jiawei Wang, Junchao Li   +11 more
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Interactions between small leucine‐rich proteoglycans and proteases: implications for tissue homeostasis and pathology

The FEBS Journal, EarlyView.
Small leucine‐rich proteoglycans (SLRPs) are key modulators of extracellular matrix structure and signaling. Their proteolytic processing by MMPs (Matrix Metalloproteinases), ADAMTS (disintegrin and metalloprotease with thrombospondin motifs), and serine proteases generates bioactive fragments that regulate collagen remodeling, inflammation, and ...
Maria Konstantaraki, Lydia‐Nefeli Thrapsanioti, Aikaterini Berdiaki, Ioanna Spyridaki, Dragana Nikitovic   +4 more
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Chondrogenic potential of human articular chondrocytes and skeletal stem cells: a comparative study

, 2014
Regenerative medicine strategies have increasingly focused on skeletal stem cells (SSCs), in response to concerns such as donor site morbidity, dedifferentiation and limited lifespan associated with the use of articular chondrocytes for cartilage repair.
Li, Siwei, Oreffo, Richard O.C., Sengers, Bram G., Tare, Rahul S.   +3 more
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Degradomics for large‐scale mechanistic insights on proteases and proteolysis in human health

The FEBS Journal, EarlyView.
Proteolysis has an important role in human disease but remains relatively unexplored. Degradomics, the uncovering of proteolysis in tissues, cells, and proteins, uses mass spectrometry‐based terminomics to identify protein termini occurring therein (forward degradomics) and to define the actions of proteases (reverse degradomics).
Daniel R. Martin, Sumit Bhutada, Suneel S. Apte   +2 more
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