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SUBMITTER: Marinval N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5082333 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Marinval Nicolas N Saboural Pierre P Haddad Oualid O Maire Murielle M Bassand Kevin K Geinguenaud Frederic F Djaker Nadia N Ben Akrout Khadija K Lamy de la Chapelle Marc M Robert Romain R Oudar Olivier O Guyot Erwan E Laguillier-Morizot Christelle C Sutton Angela A Chauvierre Cedric C Chaubet Frederic F Charnaux Nathalie N Hlawaty Hanna H
Marine drugs 20161017 10
Herein we investigate the structure/function relationships of fucoidans from <i>Ascophyllum nodosum</i> to analyze their pro-angiogenic effect and cellular uptake in native and glycosaminoglycan-free (GAG-free) human endothelial cells (HUVECs). Fucoidans are marine sulfated polysaccharides, which act as glycosaminoglycans mimetics. We hypothesized that the size and sulfation rate of fucoidans influence their ability to induce pro-angiogenic processes independently of GAGs. We collected two fract ...[more]