Browsing by Subject "Proteoglycan"
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Changes in glycosaminoglycans and proteoglycans of normal breast and fibroadenoma during the menstrual cycle
(Elsevier B.V., 2012-07-01)Background: Fibroadenoma is the most common breast tumor in young women, and its growth and metabolism may be under hormonal control. in the present paper we described the proteoglycan (PG) composition and synthesis rate ...
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Collagens and proteoglycans of the corneal extracellular matrix
(Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica, 2003-08-01)The cornea is a curved and transparent structure that provides the initial focusing of a light image into the eye. It consists of a central stroma that constitutes 90% of the corneal depth, covered anteriorly with epithelium ...
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Decorin is one of the proteoglycans expressed in Walker 256 rat mammary carcinoma
(Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica, 2003-08-01)Proteoglycan and glycosaminoglycan content was analyzed in a model of rat mammary carcinoma to study the roles of these compounds in tumorigenesis. Hyaluronic acid and proteoglycans bearing chondroitin and/or dermatan ...
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Effect of amniotic membrane transplantation on corneal healing and proteoglycan expression in an experimental model of limbal deficiency in rabbits
(Wichtig Editore, 2010-03-01)PURPOSE. Amniotic membrane transplantation (AMT) has been used as a graft or as a dressing in ocular surface reconstruction, facilitating epithelization, maintaining normal epithelial phenotype, and reducing inflammation, ...
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Estudo dos pequenos proteoglicanos ricos em leucina em glândulas harderianas de camundongos fêmeas com hiperprolactinemia induzida pela metoclopramida
(Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2020-12-10)Introdution: The small proteoglycans rich in leucine are bioactive components of the extracellular matrix associated with collagen fibrillogenesis, cell growth, apoptosis, tissue remodeling, and are involved in inflammatory ...
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Evaluation of chitosan-GP hydrogel biocompatibility in osteochondral defects: an experimental approach
(Biomed Central Ltd, 2014-08-27)Background: Articular cartilage, because of its avascular nature, has little capacity for spontaneous healing, and tissue engineering approaches, employing different biomaterials and cells, are under development. Among the ...
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Investigação do Processamento das Proteínas do Sistema Calicreína-Cinina Plasmático na Interação com Células Endoteliais
(Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2019-02-28)Endothelial cells (ECs) correspond to the coating of both vessels the lymphatic vessels and constitute the inner layer of these glasses These cells are flattened epithelial and distributed in monolayer presenting great ...
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Low-level laser therapy prevents degenerative morphological changes in an experimental model of anterior cruciate ligament transection in rats
(Springer, 2014-09-01)The aim of this study was to analyze the effects of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) on the prevention of cartilage damage after the anterior cruciate ligament transection (ACLT) in knees of rats. Thirty male rats (Wistar) ...
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Noncrystalline uric acid inhibits proteoglycan and glycosaminoglycan synthesis in distal tubular epithelial cells (MDCK)
(Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica, 2010-10-01)Hyperuricemia is associated with renal stones, not only consisting of uric acid (UrAc) but also of calcium oxalate (CaOx). Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) are well-known inhibitors of growth and aggregation of CaOx crystals. We ...
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Papel da matriz extracelular no estímulo da síntese do heparam sulfato antitrombótico promovido pela heparina em células endoteliais
(Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2004)