ADAMTS4 and ADAMTS5 Knockout Mice Are Protected from Versican but Not Aggrecan or Brevican Proteolysis during Spinal Cord Injury

ADAMTS4 and ADAMTS5 Knockout Mice Are Protected from Versican but Not Aggrecan or Brevican Proteolysis during Spinal Cord Injury

The chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPGs) aggrecan, versican, and brevican are large aggregating extracellular matrix molecules that inhibit axonal growth of the mature central nervous system (CNS). ADAMTS proteoglycanases, including ADAMTS4 and ADAMTS5, degrade CSPGs, representing potential tar...

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Main Authors: Kadir Demircan, Vehap Topcu, Tomoyuki Takigawa, Sumeyya Akyol, Tomoko Yonezawa, Gulfer Ozturk, Veli Ugurcu, Rukiye Hasgul, M. Ramazan Yigitoglu, Omer Akyol, Daniel R. McCulloch, Satoshi Hirohata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/693746

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