glycosaminoglycan – TechConnect Briefs

Using Chondroitin Sulfate to Synthesize Nanoparticles

Vercruysse K.P., Williams A., Ivory D., Johnson B., Dixon R.D., Tran M.T., Moore J.T., Tennessee State University, US

We provide evidence that chondroitin sulfate (CS), a member of the glycosaminoglycan (GAG) family of polysaccharides found in the extracellular matrix of all higher order species, can be used as a matrix to generate nanosized [...]

Glycosaminoglycan model glass substrates and cancer cell interactions

Peramo A., Wright G., Meads M.B., Dalton W.S., Matthews G., University of South Florida, US

The static adhesion of three cancer cell lines to surfaces functionalized with glycosaminoglycans was performed and the possible involvement of heparanase in this process was analyzed. Four different glycosaminoglycans (heparan sulfate, chondroitin sulfate A, chondroitin [...]