Abstracts tagged "osteoarthritis and proteoglycans"

Abstract Number: 1145 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
Expression of Xylosyltransferase-1 Is Modulated By Fibronectin Fragment in Human Articular Chondrocytes
Mi Hyun Lee¹, Min Ha Choi¹, Hyun Sook Hwang¹ and Hyun Ah Kim², ¹Division of rheumatology, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Kyunggi, South Korea, ²Internal Medicine, Hallym Univ Sacred Heart Hosp, Anyang, South Korea
Background/Purpose: Xylosyltransferase-1 (XT-1), encoded by xylt1 gene, is an essential anabolic enzyme to catalyze the initial and rate-determining step in glycosaminoglycan chain synthesis. The effect…
Abstract Number: 75 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013
Decorin-Deficiency Alters Cartilage Stiffness and Attenuates The Development Of Osteoarthritis In Mice
Tobias Gronau¹, Uwe Hansen², Daniela Seidler², Renato Iozzo³, Attila Aszodi⁴, Carina Prein⁵, Hauke Clausen-Schaumann⁵, Karsten Krüger⁶, Frank Mooren⁶, Jessica Bertrand¹, Thomas Pap⁷, Peter Bruckner² and Rita Dreier², ¹Institute of Experimental Musculoskeletal Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany, ²Institute for Physiological Chemistry & Pathobiochemistry, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany, ³Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Experimental Surgery and Regenerative Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany, ⁵Department of Applied Sciences and Mechatronics, Munich University of Applied Sciences, Munich, Germany, ⁶Institute of Sports Medicine, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany, ⁷Institute of Experimental Muskuloskeletal Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
Background/Purpose: In articular (AC) and growth plate (GP) cartilage, the small leucine-rich proteoglycan decorin is mainly present within the interterritorial regions (ITs) of the extracellular…