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ReviewThe journal of histochemistry and cytochemistry : official journal of the Histochemistry Society2012

Heparan sulfate biosynthesis enzymes in embryonic stem cell biology.

Christoffer Tamm, Lena Kjellén, Jin-Ping Li

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Review in The journal of histochemistry and cytochemistry : official journal of the Histochemistry Society, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Recombinant Heparin-New Opportunities.Frontiers in medicine · 2018
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  3. Review
  4. An introduction to proteoglycans and their localization.The journal of histochemistry and cytochemistry : official journal of the Histochemistry Society · 2012
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Christoffer TammDepartment of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. christoffer.tamm@imbim.uu.se
Lena Kjellén
Jin-Ping Li
Uppsala University · SE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Embryonic stem (ES) cells are derived from the inner cell mass of the blastocyst and can give rise to all cell types in the body. The fate of ES cells depends on the signals they receive from their surrounding environment, which either promote self-renewal or initiate differentiation. Heparan sulfate proteoglycans are macromolecules found on the cell surface and in the extracellular matrix. Acting as low-affinity receptors on the cell surface, heparan sulfate (HS) side chains modulate the functions of numerous growth factors and morphogens, having wide impact on the extracellular information received by cells. ES cells lacking HS fail to differentiate but can be induced to do so by adding heparin. ES cells defective in various components of the HS biosynthesis machinery, thus expressing differently flawed HS, exhibit lineage-specific effects. Here we discuss recent studies on the biological functions of HS in ES cell developmental processes. Since ES cells have significant potential applications in tissue/cell engineering for cell replacement therapies, understanding the functional mechanisms of HS in manipulating ES cell growth in vitro is of utmost importance, if the stem cell regenerative medicine from scientific fiction ever will be made real.

Indexed as

AmidohydrolasesAnimalsCell DifferentiationCell LineageCell ProliferationEmbryonic Stem CellsExostosin 1Exostosin 2Heparan SulfateHumansInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsN-AcetylglucosaminyltransferasesSulfotransferasesAmidohydrolasesExostosin 1Exostosin 2Heparan SulfateN-acetylglucosamine deacetylaseN-AcetylglucosaminyltransferasesSulfotransferases

Identifiers

PMID23042480
PMCPMC3527887
OpenAlexW2103315405

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