MONOCLONAL-ANTIBODIES AGAINST CHONDROITIN SULFATE ISOMERS - THEIR USE AS PROBES FOR INVESTIGATING PROTEOGLYCAN METABOLISM
MONOCLONAL-ANTIBODIES AGAINST CHONDROITIN SULFATE ISOMERS - THEIR USE AS PROBES FOR INVESTIGATING PROTEOGLYCAN METABOLISM
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DOI:
10.1042/bst0180820
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发表时间:
1990-10-01
影响因子:
3.9
通讯作者:
SORRELL, JM
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作者:
CATERSON, B;GRIFFIN, J;SORRELL, JM
Chondroitin sulphate (CS) proteoglycans are major components of cartilage and lesser constituents of many other connective tissues. Current literature indicates that the major biomechanical functions of the polyanionic CS glycosaminoglycan chains of the cartilage proteoglycans are to contribute towards maintenance of a Donnan osmotic pressure within the cartilage, to participate in excluded volume effects and to contribute to the viscoelastic properties of the tissue (see [1-31 for reviews). Biochemical analysis of articular cartilage proteoglycans indicates that expression of different isomeric forms of CS occurs during normal growth and development, and in pathology [4-61. The purpose and function of the differential expression of the different isomers of CS is at present not known. In this paper we present a summary of data that suggests that sulphation patterns in CS glycosaminoglycans are a more highly controlled, cell-regulated