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変形性膝関節炎患者膝関節液中の細胞外マトリックス成分と可溶性VCAM-1 [PDF]

open access: yes, 1997
It is generally accepted that the number of patients with osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee must increase in the future because of the increase of the aged. The pathogenic mechanisms of OA haven't been elucidated yet, but it is supposed that mediate pannus
Endo, Hiroshi   +5 more
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The pathogenesis of tendinopathy. A molecular perspective [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
There are many publications that discuss the aetiology, diagnosis and treatment of the various forms of tendinopathy, but few are based on conclusive scientific evidence.
Riley, GP
core   +1 more source

The central role of vascular extracellular matrix and basement membrane remodeling in metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes: the matrix preloaded

open access: yesCardiovascular Diabetology, 2005
The vascular endothelial basement membrane and extra cellular matrix is a compilation of different macromolecules organized by physical entanglements, opposing ionic charges, chemical covalent bonding, and cross-linking into a biomechanically active ...
Tyagi Suresh C   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Anabolic and catabolic responses of human articular chondrocytes to varying oxygen percentages [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Oxygen is a critical parameter proposed to modulate the functions of chondrocytes ex-vivo as well as in damaged joints. This article investigates the effect of low (more physiological) oxygen percentage on the biosynthetic and catabolic activity of human
Ströbel, Simon   +8 more
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Efficient Construction of Atomic-Resolution Models of Non-Sulfated Chondroitin Glycosaminoglycan Using Molecular Dynamics Data

open access: yesBiomolecules, 2020
Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) are linear, structurally diverse, conformationally complex carbohydrate polymers that may contain up to 200 monosaccharides.
Elizabeth K. Whitmore   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The ADAMTS (A Disintegrin and Metalloproteinase with Thrombospondin motifs) family [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The ADAMTS (A Disintegrin and Metalloproteinase with Thrombospondin motifs) enzymes are secreted, multi-domain matrix-associated zinc metalloendopeptidases that have diverse roles in tissue morphogenesis and patho-physiological remodeling, in ...
A Colige   +145 more
core   +1 more source

Undervalued ubiquitous proteins

open access: yes4 open, 2019
The role of ubiquitous proteins (UPs) and their corresponding enzymes have been underestimated in carcinogenesis as the focus of much research revolved around measuring mutations and/or other genetic epiphenomena as surrogate markers of cancer and cancer
Brücher Björn L.D.M., Jamall Ijaz S.
doaj   +1 more source

Inflammation and Syndecan-4 Shedding from Cardiac Cells in Ischemic and Non-Ischemic Heart Disease

open access: yesBiomedicines, 2023
Circulating biomarkers reflecting cardiac inflammation are needed to improve the diagnostics and guide the treatment of heart failure patients. The cardiac production and shedding of the transmembrane proteoglycan syndecan-4 is upregulated by innate ...
Mari E. Strand   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mutable Collagenous Tissue: A Concept Generator for Biomimetic Materials and Devices

open access: yesMarine Drugs
Echinoderms (starfish, sea-urchins and their close relations) possess a unique type of collagenous tissue that is innervated by the motor nervous system and whose mechanical properties, such as tensile strength and elastic stiffness, can be altered in a ...
M. Daniela Candia Carnevali   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Endocan - a potential diagnostic marker for early onset sepsis in neonates

open access: yesJournal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2019
Introduction: Neonatal early onset sepsis assessment is based on the history of pregnancy and delivery and nonspecific clinical signs. None of the biomarkers currently in use for clinical practice has adequate prognostic value, so it is not possible to ...
Gabriela Ildiko Zonda   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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