ACR Meeting Abstracts
Abstract Number: 1779 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012
Athanasios Stratis1, Dominik Bettenworth2, Mareike Fröhling1, Peter Paruzel1, Adelheid Korb-Pap1, Corinna Wehmeyer1, Berno Dankbar1, Frank Echtermeyer3, Andreas Lügering4 and Thomas Pap1, 1Institute of Experimental Musculoskeletal Medicine (IEMM), University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany, 2Department of Medicine B University Hospital Münster, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany, 3Dept. of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Hannover, Hanover, Germany, 4Department of Medicine B University of Münster, MVZ Portal 10, Münster, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
Background/Purpose: Syndecan-4 (sdc4) is a transmembrane heparan sulfate proteoglycan. Several studies have implicated sdc4 in cell-matrix adhesion, cell migration, differentiation, proliferation and play an important…