Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Cikach FS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5922288 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cikach Frank S FS Koch Christopher D CD Mead Timothy J TJ Galatioto Josephine J Willard Belinda B BB Emerton Kelly B KB Eagleton Matthew J MJ Blackstone Eugene H EH Ramirez Francesco F Roselli Eric E EE Apte Suneel S SS
JCI insight 20180308 5
Proteoglycan accumulation is a hallmark of medial degeneration in thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection (TAAD). Here, we defined the aortic proteoglycanome using mass spectrometry, and based on the findings, investigated the large aggregating proteoglycans aggrecan and versican in human ascending TAAD and a mouse model of severe Marfan syndrome. The aortic proteoglycanome comprises 20 proteoglycans including aggrecan and versican. Antibodies against these proteoglycans intensely stained medial ...[more]