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Multimodal signaling by the ADAMTSs (a disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs) promotes neurite extension.
Experimental neurology - 1 Apr 2008
Hamel Michelle G, Ajmo Joanne M, Leonardo Christopher C, Zuo Fengrong, Sandy John D, Gottschall Paul E
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Aggregating proteoglycans (PG) bearing chondroitin sulfate (CS) side chains associate with hyaluronan and various secreted proteins to form a complex of extracellular matrix (ECM) that inhibits neural plasticity in the central nervous system (CNS). Chondroitinase treatment depletes PGs of their CS side chains and enhances neurite extension. Increasing evidence from in vivo models indicates that proteolytic...
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