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Role of glycosaminoglycans of biglycan in BMP-2 signaling [PDF]

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 2011
Recently we have reported that biglycan (BGN) promotes osteoblast differentiation and that this function is due in part to its ability to positively modulate bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) functions. In this study we investigated the role of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) of BGN in this function using in vitro and in vivo models. C2C12 myogenic cells were
P A, Miguez, M, Terajima, H, Nagaoka, Y, Mochida, M, Yamauchi   +4 more
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p38 MAP kinase mediated proteoglycan synthesis as a target for the prevention of atherosclerosis [PDF]

, 2008
The major underlying pathology of most cardiovascular disease is the chronic inflammatory disease of atherosclerosis. Type 2 diabetes, also recognised as an inflammatory condition, accelerates the development of atherosclerosis.
Ballinger, M, Burch, M, Dadlani, H, Getachew, R, Little, P, Osman, N   +5 more
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Proteolysis at the extracellular matrix interface: Molecular architects and regulators in health and disease

The FEBS Journal, EarlyView.
The extracellular matrix (ECM) is a dynamic scaffold that orchestrates tissue architecture and cellular communication. A critical but underexplored interplay between proteases and cluster of differentiation molecules (CD) governs ECM turnover and directs cell fate.
David Jurnečka, Matija Hrovatin, Bor Bokalj, Boris Turk   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Proteolytic remodelling of the extracellular matrix by pericytes

The FEBS Journal, EarlyView.
Pericytes are specialised perivascular cells intimately connected with endothelial cells and essential for the maintenance of vascular beds. They contribute to the formation and remodelling of the extracellular matrix by actively secreting proteases and protease inhibitors.
Tina Burkhard, Ella Milne, Kate Qian, Paola Campagnolo, Salvatore Santamaria   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biglycan as a mediator of proinflammatory response and target for MDS and sAML therapy

OncoImmunology, 2023
Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and their progression to secondary acute myeloid leukemia (sAML) are associated with an altered protein expression including extracellular matrix (ECM) components thereby promoting an inflammatory environment.
Christoforos K. Vaxevanis, Marcus Bauer, Karthikeyan Subbarayan, Michael Friedrich, Chiara Massa, Katharina Biehl, Haifa Kathrin Al-Ali, Claudia Wickenhauser, Barbara Seliger   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Secretome and Pathway Analysis of Stress Induced Disc Degeneration In Vitro

JOR SPINE, Volume 9, Issue 2, June 2026.
Integrated secretome and phosphoprotein profiling of human nucleus pulposus cells revealed that IL‐1β and TLR2/6 activation induce a shared degenerative program, defined by consistent upregulation of IL‐6, IL‐8, GRO‐α, ICAM‐1, and MMP‐7 and convergence on NF‐κB/AP‐1 signaling.
Exarchos Kanelis, Andrea Nüesch, Joseph Snuggs, Christine Lyn Le Maitre, Leonidas G. Alexopoulos   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biglycan gene connects metabolic dysfunction with brain disorder

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease, 2018
Dietary fructose is a major contributor to the epidemic of diabetes and obesity, and it is an excellent model to study metabolic syndrome. Based on previous studies that Bgn gene occupies a central position in a network of genes in the brain in response to fructose consumption, we assessed the capacity of Bgn to modulate the action of fructose on brain
Ying, Zhe, Byun, Hyae Ran, Meng, Qingying, Noble, Emily, Zhang, Guanglin, Yang, Xia, Gomez-Pinilla, Fernando   +6 more
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Detrimental Effect of Low‐Magnitude High‐Frequency Vibration in an Ex Vivo Model of Intervertebral Disc Degeneration Despite Estrogen Treatment

JOR SPINE, Volume 9, Issue 2, June 2026.
Low‐magnitude high‐frequency vibration (LMHFV), with or without 17β‐oestradiol (E2), exacerbated papain‐induced bovine intervertebral disc degeneration, reducing cell viability, impairing matrix production, and increasing inflammation. E2 showed no protective effect against papain‐induced degeneration or LMHFV.
Jan Ulrich Jansen, Felizitas Figel, Franziska Widmayer, Morten Vogt, Maria Ahrens, Hans‐Joachim Wilke, Anita Ignatius, Melanie Haffner‐Luntzer, Cornelia Neidlinger‐Wilke, Graciosa Quelhas Teixeira   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Platelet-derived growth factor-stimulated versican synthesis but not glycosaminoglycan elongation in vascular smooth muscle is mediated via Akt phosphorylation [PDF]

, 2014
Proteoglycans are associated with the initiation of atherosclerosis due to their binding of apolipoproteins on lipid particles leading to retention in the vessel wall.
Getachew, R, Little AM, P, Osman, N, Su, X, Thach, L, Wang, H, Zheng, W   +6 more
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Pathological classification of Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy into several types and their relationships with CTG18.1 expansion repeats

The Journal of Pathology, Volume 269, Issue 2, Page 182-196, June 2026.
Abstract Late‐onset Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD) is the most common primary disease of the corneal endothelium and the leading indication for corneal transplantation in Western countries. It is characterized by progressive accumulation, over two to three decades, of extracellular matrix (ECM) components in Descemet's membrane (DM ...
Hanielle Vaitinadapoulé, Daria Onitiu, Corantin Maurin, Gauthier Travers, Emmanuel Crouzet, Oliver Dorado‐Cortez, Sylvain Poinard, Zhiguo He, Fabien Forest, Edouard Ollier, Renaud Touraine, Philippe Gain, Jean‐Marc Perone, Gilles Thuret, the French Fuchs Study Group (FFSG), Diane Bernheim, Christophe Chiquet, Vincent Borderie, Tristan Bourcier, Jean‐Louis Bourges, Frédéric Chiambaretta, Béatrice Cochener, Louis Arnould, Florian Baudin, Catherine Creuzot, Vincent Daien, Alexandre Denoyer, Bernard Duchesne, Nicolas Duquesne, Pierre Fournie, Anne‐Sophie Gauthier, Philippe Gain, Gilles Thuret, Louis Hoffart, François Majo, Marc Muraine, Romain Mouchel, Jean Marc Perone, Jean Claude Quintyn, Alexandra Rabot, Alain Saad, Damien Gatinel, Pierre‐Yves Santiago, Jean‐Michel Bosc, David Touboul, Bertrand Vabres   +45 more
wiley   +1 more source