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SUBMITTER: Trout AL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7013765 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Trout Amanda L AL Rutkai Ibolya I Biose Ifechukwude J IJ Bix Gregory J GJ
International journal of molecular sciences 20200120 2
Perlecan is a heparan sulfate proteoglycan protein in the extracellular matrix that structurally and biochemically supports the cerebrovasculature by dynamically responding to changes in cerebral blood flow. These changes in perlecan expression seem to be contradictory, ranging from neuroprotective and angiogenic to thrombotic and linked to lipid retention. This review investigates perlecan's influence on risk factors such as diabetes, hypertension, and amyloid that effect Vascular contributions ...[more]