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The glycosaminoglycan chain of decorin plays an important role in collagen fibril formation at the early stages of fibrillogenesis.
The FEBS journal - 1 Aug 2007
Rühland Claus, Schönherr Elke, Robenek Horst, Hansen Uwe, Iozzo Renato V, Bruckner Peter, Seidler Daniela G
Abstract excerpt
Decorin is a multifunctional small leucine-rich proteoglycan involved in the regulation of collagen fibrillogenesis. In patients with a variant of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, about half of the secreted decorin lacks the single glycosaminoglycan side chain. Notably, these patients have a skin-fragility phenotype that resembles that of decorin null mice. In this study, we investigated the role of glycanated and...
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