Pharmaceuticals, 2017 The indispensable roles of dermatan sulfate-proteoglycans (DS-PGs) have been demonstrated in various biological events including construction of the extracellular matrix and cell signaling through interactions with collagen and transforming growth factor-
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Novel Insight Into Glycosaminoglycan Biosynthesis Based on Gene Expression Profiles
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2021 Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) including chondroitin sulfate, dermatan sulfate, heparan sulfate, and keratan sulfate, except for hyaluronan that is a free polysaccharide, are covalently attached to core proteins to form proteoglycans.
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Hallmarks of glycogene expression and glycosylation pathways in squamous and adenocarcinoma cervical cancer [PDF]
PeerJ, 2021 Background Dysregulation of glycogene expression in cancer can lead to aberrant glycan expression, which can promote tumorigenesis. Cervical cancer (CC) displays an increased expression of glycogenes involved in sialylation and sialylated glycans.
Patricia Martinez-Morales +8 more
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Two Dermatan Sulfate Epimerases Form Iduronic Acid Domains in Dermatan Sulfate [PDF]
Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2009 A second dermatan sulfate epimerase (DS-epi2) was identified as a homolog of the first epimerase (DS-epi1), which was previously described by our group. DS-epi2 is 1,222 amino acids long and has an approximately 700-amino acid N-terminal epimerase domain that is highly conserved between the two enzymes.
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Dermatan Sulfate-Free Mice Display Embryological Defects and Are Neonatal Lethal Despite Normal Lymphoid and Non-Lymphoid Organogenesis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 The epimerization of glucuronic acid into iduronic acid adds structural variability to chondroitin/dermatan sulfate polysaccharides. Iduronic acid-containing domains play essential roles in processes such as coagulation, chemokine and morphogen ...
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Lytic and mechanical stability of clots composed of fibrin and blood vessel wall components. [PDF]
, 2013 Background Proteases expressed in atherosclerotic plaque lesions generate collagen fragments, release glycosaminoglycans (chondroitin sulfate [CS] and dermatan sulfate [DS]) and expose extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins (e.g.
Bóta, Attila +7 more
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DSE promotes aggressive glioma cell phenotypes by enhancing HB-EGF/ErbB signaling. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Remodeling of the extracellular matrix (ECM) in the tumor microenvironment promotes glioma progression. Chondroitin sulfate (CS) proteoglycans appear in the ECM and on the cell surface, and can be catalyzed by dermatan sulfate epimerase to form ...
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Biosynthesis of Dermatan Sulfate [PDF]
Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2006 We identified the gene encoding chondroitin-glucuronate C5-epimerase (EC 5.1.3.19) that converts d-glucuronic acid to l-iduronic acid residues in dermatan sulfate biosynthesis. The enzyme was solubilized from bovine spleen, and an ∼43,000-fold purified preparation containing a major 89-kDa candidate component was subjected to mass spectrometry analysis
Maccarana, Marco +7 more
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Glycosaminoglycans in the human cornea: age-related changes [PDF]
, 2015 AIM: To investigate possible age-related changes in glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) in the human cornea. The substances today called GAGs were previously referred to as mucopolysaccharides.
Anello, Giulia +6 more
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Impaired proteoglycan glycosylation, elevated TGF-β signaling, and abnormal osteoblast differentiation as the basis for bone fragility in a mouse model for gerodermia osteodysplastica. [PDF]
PLoS Genetics, 2018 Gerodermia osteodysplastica (GO) is characterized by skin laxity and early-onset osteoporosis. GORAB, the responsible disease gene, encodes a small Golgi protein of poorly characterized function.
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