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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-11-28
pubmed:abstractText
Remodelling tissues, in both normal and pathological situations, show a greatly increased synthesis and turnover of hyaluronan. An essential part of these processes is new blood vessel formation. Whereas native hyaluronan has been reported to inhibit angiogenesis in vivo, partial degradation products (4-25 disaccharide units) have been found to stimulate angiogenesis in several in vivo systems. Examination of the effect of hyaluronan and its oligosaccharides on cultured cells suggests that these effects are due to the direct action of hyaluronan on endothelial cells. Native HA inhibits endothelial cell proliferation and disrupts cell-cell/cell-substrate interactions at physiological concentration. Angiogenic oligosaccharides induce both endothelial proliferation and migration, possibly via a receptor-mediated mechanism. Thus the metabolic state of hyaluronan could have profound effects on tissue neovascularization.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0300-5208
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
143
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
187-201; discussion 201-7, 281-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Hyaluronan and angiogenesis.
pubmed:affiliation
Christie Hospital & Holt Radium Institute, Manchester, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't