Hyaluronan Induces the Selective Accumulation of Matrix- and Cell-Associated Proteoglycans by Mesangial Cells

Three Isoforms of Mammalian Hyaluronan Synthases Have Distinct Enzymatic Properties

Naoki Itano, Takahiro Sawai, Mamoru Yoshida et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1999 · 898 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +11

Formation of Hyaluronan- and Versican-Rich Pericellular Matrix Is Required for Proliferation and Migration of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells

Stephen P. Evanko, John C. Angello, Thomas N. Wight · Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology · 1999 · 487 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Cell Biology +15

Syndecan 4 heparan sulfate proteoglycan is a selectively enriched and widespread focal adhesion component.

A Woods, John Couchman · Molecular Biology of the Cell · 1994 · 327 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology +16

Secondary and tertiary structures of hyaluronan in aqueous solution, investigated by rotary shadowing-electron microscopy and computer simulation. Hyaluronan is a very efficient network-forming polymer

J. E. Scott, Christine Cummings, Andy Brass et al. · Biochemical Journal · 1991 · 322 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Biochemistry, Biophysics +14

Hyaluronan is synthesized by primitive hemopoietic cells, participates in their lodgment at the endosteum following transplantation, and is involved in the regulation of their proliferation and differentiation in vitro

Susan K. Nilsson, David N. Haylock, Hayley M. Johnston et al. · Blood · 2003 · 139 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Hematology +9