Proteoglycans were accurately localized in mouse pubic symphyseal tissues using the cuprolinic blue method. Specific glycosaminoglycans degradative enzymes, together with chondroitin sulfate and decorin antibodies, allowed ...

Background: Fibroadenoma is the most common breast tumor in young women, and its growth and metabolism may be under hormonal control. in the present paper we described the proteoglycan (PG) composition and synthesis rate ...

1. Two proteoglycans, PG1 and PG2, have been isolated from shark cartilage. Both are highly polydisperse and large (molecular mass: 1-10 X 10(6) Daltons) and contain chondroitin sulfate and keratan sulfate side chains, but ...

Pericardial tissue has been used to construct bioprostheses employed in the repair of different kinds of injuries, mostly cardiac. However, calcification and mechanical failure have been the main causes of the limited ...

In the renal glomerulus, two extracellular matrices have been identified, the glomerular basement membrane and the mesangial matrix. Accumulation of glomerular extracellular matrix is a conspicuous feature of most forms ...

Introduction: Painful bladder syndrome/interstitial cystitis (PBS/IC) pathogenesis is not fully known, but evidence shows that glycosaminoglycans (GAG) of bladder urothelium can participate in its genesis. The loss of these ...

Corneal transparency is attributed to the regular spacing and diameter of collagen fibrils, and proteoglycans may play a role in fibrillogenesis and matrix assembly. Corneal scar tissue is opaque and this opacity is explained ...