Chondroitin

Clinical Studies

[The metabolism of glycosaminoglycans in the course of Graves' disease]

Neural progenitors populate the cerebrospinal fluid of preterm patients with hydrocephalus.

The unique 473HD-Chondroitinsulfate epitope is expressed by radial glia and involved in neural precursor cell proliferation.

Preparation of amphiphilic poly(L-lactide)-graft-chondroitin sulfate copolymer self-aggregates and its aggregation behavior.

Actions of neurotrophic factors and their signaling pathways in neuronal survival and axonal regeneration.

Development of N,O-(carboxymethyl)chitosan/collagen matrixes as a wound dressing.

Decorin promotes plasminogen/plasmin expression within acute spinal cord injuries and by adult microglia in vitro.

Saccharide-mediated interactions of boar sperm surface proteins with components of the porcine oviduct.

[Effect of orally administered chondrosine on uptake of 35S sulfate into rat cartilage]

Defective glycosylation of decorin and biglycan, altered collagen structure, and abnormal phenotype of the skin fibroblasts of an Ehlers-Danlos syndrome patient carrying the novel Arg270Cys substitution in galactosyltransferase I (beta4GalT-7).

Mixtures of glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate reverse fibronectin fragment mediated damage to cartilage more effectively than either agent alone.

Chondroitin sulfate in normal human plasma is modified depending on the age. Its evaluation in patients with pseudoxanthoma elasticum.

Porous gelatin-chondroitin-hyaluronate tri-copolymer scaffold containing microspheres loaded with TGF-beta1 induces differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells in vivo for enhancing cartilage repair.

Alternate structural conformations of Streptococcus pneumoniae hyaluronan lyase: insights into enzyme flexibility and underlying molecular mechanism of action.

Detection of differentially expressed glycogenes in trabecular meshwork of eyes with primary open-angle glaucoma.

Crystal structure of heparinase II from Pedobacter heparinus and its complex with a disaccharide product.

Mimicked bioartificial matrix containing chondroitin sulphate on a textile scaffold of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) alters the differentiation of adult human mesenchymal stem cells.

Effects of molecular size and chemical structure on renal and hepatic removal of exogenously administered chondroitin sulfate in rats.

Transforming growth factor-beta as a key molecule triggering the expression of versican isoforms v0 and v1, hyaluronan synthase-2 and synthesis of hyaluronan in malignant osteosarcoma cells.

Porcine circovirus 2 uses heparan sulfate and chondroitin sulfate B glycosaminoglycans as receptors for its attachment to host cells.