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Aggrecan (ACAN), also
known as cartilage-specific
proteoglycan core
protein (CSPCP) or
chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan 1, is a
protein that in humans...
- 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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differentiates into
chondroblasts and
begins secreting the
molecules (
aggrecan and
collagen type II) that form the
extracellular matrix. In all vertebrates...
- 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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aggrecan, a
major proteoglycan of cartilage, brevican, a brain-specific
extracellular matrix protein,
neurocan and versican. The
cleavage of
aggrecan...
- glycoproteins,
collagen types II, IX, X, and XI, and the
proteoglycan aggrecan. the
components within the
extracellular matrix are
produced by the chondroblasts...
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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...
- N-acetylglucosamine or N-acetylgalactosamine. The
following CSPGs have been identified:
Aggrecan (CSPG1)
Versican (CSPG2)
Neurocan (CSPG3) CSPG4 (melanoma-****ociated chondroitin...