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ArticleMethods in cell biology2018

Isolation and functional analysis of syndecans.

Pyong Woo Park

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Article in Methods in cell biology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
8.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycan Signaling in Tumor Microenvironment.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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  18. Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans in Human Colorectal Cancer.Analytical cellular pathology (Amsterdam) · 2018
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Pyong Woo ParkBoston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States. Electronic address: pyong.park@childrens.harvard.edu.
Harvard University · US

Funding

Proteoglycan-Chemokine Interactions in Lung DiseaseR01HL132573 · NHLBI · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI PARK, PYONG WOO · 2017 to 2020
$1.9M
HSPGs in Ocular Surface DiseasesR01EY021765 · NEI · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI PARK, PYONG WOO · 2012 to 2016
$1.9M
HSPGs in Alpha-toxin-induced Tissue InjuryR21AI126844 · NIAID · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI PARK, PYONG WOO · 2016 to 2017
$487k
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY021765NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL132573NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI126844
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Syndecans comprise a major family of cell surface heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPGs). Syndecans are composed of sulfated glycosaminoglycans (GAGs), heparan sulfate (HS) or both HS and chondroitin sulfate (CS), attached covalently to core proteins. Syndecans regulate many cellular processes, such as adhesion, proliferation, and migration. Syndecans bind and regulate molecules primarily through their HS chains, but do not bind to all HS/heparin-binding molecules. Furthermore, mice ablated for the syndecan-1 or -4 gene do not show major developmental abnormalities, but they do show striking pathological phenotypes when challenged with infectious or inflammatory stimuli and conditions, suggesting that certain functions of syndecans are specific and cannot be compensated for by other syndecans or other HSPGs. These observations underscore the physiological importance of syndecans and indicate a need to study the activities of isolated native syndecans to define their molecular and cellular functions, and to establish their biological significance. Here we describe methods to isolate syndecans and several assays to analyze their functions.

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AnimalsCell MembraneCells, CulturedChondroitin SulfatesChromatography, AffinityCulture Media, ConditionedEpithelial CellsHeparan SulfateMiceNeutrophilsSyndecansChondroitin SulfatesCulture Media, ConditionedHeparan SulfateSyndecansBinding assayChemokineGlycosaminoglycanHeparan sulfateMigration assayNeutrophilProteoglycanSyndecan

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PMID29310785
PMCPMC5777671
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