Microbiome‐blood–brain barrier interactions in aging — mechanisms and therapeutic potential
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Aging reshapes the gut microbiome (↓SCFA‐producing commensals; ↑pro‐inflammatory outputs), shifting circulating metabolites (↓SCFAs; ↑LPS, ↑TMAO, ↑PAA) that act at the BBB to increase nonspecific transcytosis, alter transport, and promote astrocyte reactivity, heightening brain vulnerability.
Daniel Cuervo‐Zanatta +3 more
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Specific structural features of syndecans and heparan sulfate chains are needed for cell signaling [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 2006 The syndecans, heparan sulfate proteoglycans, are abundant molecules associated with the cell surface and extracellular matrix and consist of a protein core to which heparan sulfate chains are covalently attached. Each of the syndecan core proteins has a
C.C. Lopes, C.P. Dietrich, H.B. Nader
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The Enzymatic Degradation of Heparan Sulfate [PDF]
Protein & Peptide Letters, 2017 Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) such as heparan sulfate (HS) interact with a number of factors in the extracellular matrix (ECM) and as a consequence play a key role in the metabolic processes occurring within the cell. The dynamic synthesis and degradation of HS (and all GAGs) are necessary for ensuring that optimal chains are present for these functions ...
Griffin, Laura Susan +1 more
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Characterization of PmHS2 glycosyltransferases for the controlled synthesis of heparosan : a precursor of heparin and heparan sulfate [PDF]
, 2011 Heparin (Hep), a highly sulfated and complex glycosaminoglycan polysaccharides, is worldwide used as an anticoagulant compound to prevent blood clotting during surgery.
Chavaroche, A.A.E.
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Engineering peptides into antibodies—opportunities and strategies for therapeutic innovation
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Peptides and antibodies occupy complementary therapeutic niches. Peptides recognize difficult targets in a compact format, while antibodies add specificity, long half‐life, and effector functions. This review examines strategies that merge both modalities—peptide grafting into loops, terminal and Fc fusions, and bioconjugation—highlighting how ...
Jinling Wang +2 more
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Endothelial Heparan Sulfate in Angiogenesis [PDF]
, 2010 Heparan sulfate (HS) is a linear polysaccharide composed of 50-200 glucosamine and uronic acid (glucuronic acid or iduronic acid) disaccharide repeats with epimerization and various sulfation modifications. HS is covalently attached to core proteins to form HS-proteoglycans.
Mark M, Fuster, Lianchun, Wang
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Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.A heart‐on‐a‐chip model of dilated cardiomyopathy is developed from patient‐derived induced pluripotent stem cells. The model recapitulates key disease phenotypes and enables functional assessment through integrated bead‐based tracking and pillar deflection measurements.
Ali Mousavi +10 more
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Expression Pattern of Sulf1 and Sulf2 in Chicken Tissues and Characterization of Their Expression During Different Periods in Skeletal Muscle Satellite Cells [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Poultry ScienceHeparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPGs) are present on the cell surface and in the extracellular matrix in all metazoans. HSPGs interact with growth factors and receptors through heparan sulfate (HS) chains.
L He +8 more
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Agrin Is a Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycan [PDF]
Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1995 In the present study we have identified the extracellular matrix protein agrin as a major heparan sulfate proteoglycan (HSPG) in embryonic chick brain. Using monoclonal antibodies and a polyclonal antiserum to the core protein of a previously identified HSPG from embryonic chick brain, our expression screened a random-primed E9 chick brain cDNA library.
G, Tsen +3 more
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Automated Platform for the Synthesis of Heparan Sulfate Oligosaccharide Libraries for Decoding Glycosaminoglycan-Protein Interactions [PDF]
, 2022 Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) are abundant, ubiquitous carbohydrates in biology, yet their structural complexity has limited an understanding of their biological roles and structure-function relationships.
Lei, Wang +8 more
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