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Proteomic identification of membrane-associated placental protein 4 (MP4) as perlecan and characterization of its placental expression in normal and pathologic pregnancies [PDF]
Background More than 50 human placental proteins were isolated and physico-chemically characterized in the 70–80s by Hans Bohn and co-workers. Many of these proteins turned to have important role in placental functions and diagnostic significance in ...
Nikolett Lilla Szenasi+13 more
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Diverse Cell Signaling Events Modulated by Perlecan [PDF]
Perlecan is a ubiquitous pericellular proteoglycan ideally placed to mediate cell signaling events controlling migration, proliferation, and differentiation. Its control of growth factor signaling usually involves interactions with the heparan sulfate chains covalently coupled to the protein core's N-terminus.
John M. Whitelock+2 more
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Perlecan a multifunctional extracellular proteoglycan scaffold [PDF]
Perlecan is a large multidomain heparan sulfate proteoglycan of the extracellular matrix. Expression of this proteoglycan changes dynamically during embryo implantation and placentation. Perlecan is expressed by various cells of the embryo including trophectoderm and trophoblast as well as the maternal compartment, including basal lamina underlying ...
Mary C. Farach‐Carson+1 more
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The aim of this study was to highlight the roles of perlecan in the regulation of the development of the rudiment developmental cartilages and growth plate cartilages, and also to show how perlecan maintains permanent articular cartilage homeostasis ...
A. Hayes, J. Whitelock, J. Melrose
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Chondroitin Sulfate Perlecan Enhances Collagen Fibril Formation [PDF]
Inactivation of the perlecan gene leads to perinatal lethal chondrodysplasia. The similarity to the phenotypes of the Col2A1 knock-out and the disproportionate micromelia mutation suggests perlecan involvement in cartilage collagen matrix assembly.
Kvist, A. J.+10 more
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Perlecan controls neurogenesis in the developing telencephalon [PDF]
Abstract Background Perlecan is a proteoglycan expressed in the basal lamina of the neuroepithelium during development. Perlecan absence does not impair basal lamina assembly, although in the 55% of the mutants early disruptions of this lamina conducts to exencephaly, impairing brain development.
Cristina Gil-Sanz+5 more
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Acetylcholinesterase Clustering at the Neuromuscular Junction Involves Perlecan and Dystroglycan [PDF]
Formation of the synaptic basal lamina at vertebrate neuromuscular junction involves the accumulation of numerous specialized extracellular matrix molecules including a specific form of acetylcholinesterase (AChE), the collagenic-tailed form. The mechanisms responsible for its localization at sites of nerve– muscle contact are not well understood.
H. Benjamin Peng+3 more
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In this study, we review mechanoregulatory roles for perlecan in load-bearing connective tissues. Perlecan facilitates the co-acervation of tropoelastin and assembly of elastic microfibrils in translamellar cross-bridges which, together with fibrillin ...
F. Guilak, A. Hayes, J. Melrose
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Targeting Perlecan in Human Keratinocytes Reveals Novel Roles for Perlecan in Epidermal Formation [PDF]
Heparin-binding growth factors are crucial for the formation of human epidermis, but little is known about the role of heparan sulfate proteoglycans in this process. Here we investigated the role of the heparan sulfate proteoglycan, perlecan, in the formation of human epidermis, by utilizing in vitro engineered human skin.
Eri Arikawa-Hirasawa+11 more
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Cornea organoids from human induced pluripotent stem cells. [PDF]
The cornea is the transparent outermost surface of the eye, consisting of a stratified epithelium, a collagenous stroma and an innermost single-cell layered endothelium and providing 2/3 of the refractive power of the eye. Multiple diseases of the cornea
Adams, Sheila M+5 more
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