The Content and Size of Hyaluronan in Biological Fluids and Tissues

Hyaluronan is a simple repeating disaccharide polymer, synthesized at the cell surface by integral membrane synthases. The repeating sequence is perfectly homogeneous, and is the same in all vertebrate tissues and fluids. The polymer molecular mass is more variable. Most commonly, hyaluronan is synt...

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Main Authors: Mary K. Cowman, Hong-Gee eLee, Kathryn L. Schwertfeger, James B. McCarthy, Eva A. Turley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2015.00261/full