Glycosaminoglycans and Proteoglycans.
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SUBMITTER: Pomin VH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5874723 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb
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Glycosaminoglycans and Proteoglycans.
Pomin Vitor H VH Mulloy Barbara B
Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) 20180227 1
In this editorial to MDPI <i>Pharmaceuticals</i> special issue "<i>Glycosaminoglycans and Proteoglycans</i>" we describe in outline the common structural features of glycosaminoglycans and the characteristics of proteoglycans, including the intracellular proteoglycan, serglycin, cell-surface proteoglycans, like syndecans and glypicans, and the extracellular matrix proteoglycans, like aggrecan, perlecan, and small leucine-rich proteoglycans. The context in which the pharmaceutical uses of glycosa ...[more]
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