- ****ociated with the
development of arthritis.
Proteases capable of
degrading aggrecans are
called aggrecanases, and they are
members of the ADAM (A Disintegrin...
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Thrombospondin Motifs) family.
Aggrecanases act on
large proteoglycans known as
aggrecans,
which are
components of
connective tissues such as cartilage. The inappropriate...
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differentiates into
chondroblasts and
begins secreting the
molecules (
aggrecan and
collagen type II) that form the
extracellular matrix. In all vertebrates...
- cells,
collagen fibrils, and
aggrecan, a
proteoglycan that
aggregates by
binding to hyaluronan.
Attached to each
aggrecan molecule are glycosaminoglycan...
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Aggrecan, the
major proteoglycan in cartilage, has 2316
amino acids...
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Advisory Committee on
Antarctic Names ACAN (gene), a gene
coding for the
aggrecan protein ACAN-EFE, a news
agency Akan (disambiguation)
Achan (disambiguation)...
- family:
aggrecan, brevican, neurocan, and versican.
Lecticans interact with
hyaluronic acid and tenascin-R to form a
ternary complex.
Aggrecan is a major...
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Versican HS/CS
Testican Perlecan CS
Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans:
Aggrecan Neurocan Brevican CD44 CSPG4 CSPG5
Platelet factor 4
Structural maintenance...
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Versican HS/CS
Testican Perlecan CS
Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans:
Aggrecan Neurocan Brevican CD44 CSPG4 CSPG5
Platelet factor 4
Structural maintenance...
- For example, in the
cornea and cartilage, the
keratan sulfate domain of
aggrecan consists of a
series of
tandemly repeated hexapeptides with a consensus...
