Hyaluronan biology: A complex balancing act of structure, function, location and context

S Garantziotis, RC Savani - Matrix Biology, 2019 - Elsevier
Cell-matrix interactions are fundamental to many developmental, homeostatic, immune and
pathologic processes. Hyaluronan (HA), a critical component of the extracellular matrix …

Hyaluronan: a simple polysaccharide with diverse biological functions

KT Dicker, LA Gurski, S Pradhan-Bhatt, RL Witt… - Acta biomaterialia, 2014 - Elsevier
Hyaluronan (HA) is a linear polysaccharide with disaccharide repeats of d-glucuronic acid
and N-acetyl-d-glucosamine. It is evolutionarily conserved and abundantly expressed in the …

The NLRP3 inflammasome is critically involved in the development of bronchopulmonary dysplasia

J Liao, VS Kapadia, LS Brown, N Cheong… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
The pathogenesis of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), a devastating lung disease in
preterm infants, includes inflammation, the mechanisms of which are not fully characterized …

Hyaluronan–a functional and structural sweet spot in the tissue microenvironment

J Monslow, P Govindaraju, E Puré - Frontiers in immunology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Transition from homeostatic to reactive matrix remodeling is a fundamental adaptive tissue
response to injury, inflammatory disease, fibrosis, and cancer. Alterations in architecture …

Resuscitation of preterm neonates with limited versus high oxygen strategy

VS Kapadia, LF Chalak, JE Sparks, JR Allen… - …, 2013 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether a limited oxygen strategy (LOX) versus a high oxygen
strategy (HOX) during delivery room resuscitation decreases oxidative stress in preterm …

Modulators of inflammation in bronchopulmonary dysplasia

RC Savani - Seminars in perinatology, 2018 - Elsevier
Over 50 years after its first description, Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD) remains a
devastating pulmonary complication in preterm infants with respiratory failure and develops …

Deregulation of hyaluronan synthesis, degradation and binding promotes breast cancer

P Heldin, K Basu, B Olofsson, H Porsch… - The journal of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Clinical and experimental data indicate that hyaluronan accumulates in breast cancer
compared with normal breast epithelium, which correlates to poor prognosis. In this review …

[HTML][HTML] The Receptor for Hyaluronan-Mediated Motility (CD168) promotes inflammation and fibrosis after acute lung injury

Z Cui, J Liao, N Cheong, C Longoria, G Cao… - Matrix Biology, 2019 - Elsevier
Acute lung injury results in early inflammation and respiratory distress, and later fibrosis. The
glycosaminoglycan hyaluronan (HA) and the Receptor for Hyaluronan-Mediated Motility …

Lung Hyaluronasome: Involvement of Low Molecular Weight Ha (Lmw-Ha) in Innate Immunity

A Hoarau, M Polette, C Coraux - Biomolecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Hyaluronic acid (HA) is a major component of the extracellular matrix. It is synthesized by
hyaluronan synthases (HAS) into high-molecular-weight chains (HMW-HA) that exhibit anti …

ROS-mediated fragmentation alters the effects of hyaluronan on corneal epithelial wound healing

X Lin, IY Moreno, L Nguyen, TF Gesteira… - Biomolecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
A buildup of reactive oxygen species (ROS) occurs in virtually all pathological conditions.
Hyaluronan (HA) is a major extracellular matrix component and is susceptible to oxidation …