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HS3ST1 genotype regulates antithrombin's inflammomodulatory tone and associates with atherosclerosis.
Matrix biology : journal of the International Society for Matrix Biology - 1 Nov 2017
Smits Nicole C, Kobayashi Takashi, Srivastava Pratyaksh K, Skopelja Sladjana, Ivy Julianne A, Elwood Dustin J, Stan Radu V, Tsongalis Gregory J, Sellke Frank W, Gross Peter L, Cole Michael D, DeVries James T, Kaplan Aaron V, Robb John F, Williams Scott M, Shworak Nicholas W
Abstract excerpt
The HS3ST1 gene controls endothelial cell production of HSAT+ - a form of heparan sulfate containing a specific pentasaccharide motif that binds the anticoagulant protein antithrombin (AT). HSAT+ has long been thought to act as an endogenous anticoagulant; however, coagulation was normal in Hs3st1-/- mice that have greatly reduced HSAT+ (HajMohammadi et al., 2003). This finding indicates that HSAT+ is not...
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