ReviewSeminars in thrombosis and hemostasis2021
Biology of the Heparanase-Heparan Sulfate Axis and Its Role in Disease Pathogenesis.
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 37 citations in OpenAlex.
- Biomarkers of endothelial glycocalyx dysfunction in pregnancy: a systematic review of clinical relevance and detection techniques.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2026Pooled it
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- Proteoglycans as Molecular Regulators of Bone Metastasis: Extracellular Matrix Remodeling, Tumor-Bone Crosstalk, Dormancy, and Therapeutic Opportunities.Biomolecules · 2026Review
- The role of ECM mechanics in cancer mechanotransduction through unraveling the molecular machinery of integrins, FAK, and YAP signaling.Cellular & molecular biology letters · 2026Review
- Elevated Serum Soluble Syndecan-1 Is Associated with Lupus Nephritis Flares: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Glycocalyx degradation: exploring related mechanisms, pathophysiological significance, and therapeutic prospects.Journal of physiology and biochemistry · 2026Review
- The glomerular endothelial glycocalyx as a therapeutic target in proteinuric kidney disease.Nature reviews. Nephrology · 2026Review
- Understanding hairy cell leukemia in the context of mature B-cell neoplasms: tumor microenvironment and extracellular vesicle contribution to disease pathogenesis.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- GAN-enhanced machine learning and metabolic modeling identify reprogramming in pancreatic cancer.PLoS computational biology · 2026Article
- Phosphorylation of UDP-glucose dehydrogenase increases glycosaminoglycan biosynthesis and promotes tumor cell motility, spheroid growth, and therapeutic resistance.Matrix biology : journal of the International Society for Matrix Biology · 2025Article
- Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans (HSPGs) and Their Degradation in Health and Disease.Biomolecules · 2025Review
- Could Hydrophobicity of Sulfated Pseudo-Trisaccharides Derived from Repurposing Aminoglycoside Tobramycin Modulate the Enzymatic Activity of Heparanase?Journal of medicinal chemistry · 2025Article
- Eno1 in sepsis-induced coagulopathy: a pleiotropic mechanism hypothesis involving immunomodulation and endothelial dysfunction.Thrombosis journal · 2025Article
- Identification of hub genes in myocardial infarction by bioinformatics and machine learning: insights into inflammation and immune regulation.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2025Article
- Insights into the Molecular Mechanism of Endothelial Glycocalyx Dysfunction during Heart Surgery.Current issues in molecular biology · 2024Review
- Control of tissue homeostasis by the extracellular matrix: Synthetic heparan sulfate as a promising therapeutic for periodontal health and bone regeneration.Periodontology 2000 · 2024Review
- Models of fibrolamellar carcinomas, tools for evaluation of a new era of treatments.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Review
- Sepsis-Induced Endothelial Dysfunction: Permeability and Regulated Cell Death.Journal of inflammation research · 2024Review
- The Glycosaminoglycan Side Chains and Modular Core Proteins of Heparan Sulphate Proteoglycans and the Varied Ways They Provide Tissue Protection by Regulating Physiological Processes and Cellular Behaviour.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
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Abstract
Cell surface proteoglycans are important constituents of the glycocalyx and participate in cell-cell and cell-extracellular matrix (ECM) interactions, enzyme activation and inhibition, and multiple signaling routes, thereby regulating cell proliferation, survival, adhesion, migration, and differentiation. Heparanase, the sole mammalian heparan sulfate degrading endoglycosidase, acts as an "activator" of HS proteoglycans, thus regulating tissue hemostasis. Heparanase is a multifaceted enzyme that together with heparan sulfate, primarily syndecan-1, drives signal transduction, immune cell activation, exosome formation, autophagy, and gene transcription via enzymatic and nonenzymatic activities. An important feature is the ability of heparanase to stimulate syndecan-1 shedding, thereby impacting cell behavior both locally and distally from its cell of origin. Heparanase releases a myriad of HS-bound growth factors, cytokines, and chemokines that are sequestered by heparan sulfate in the glycocalyx and ECM. Collectively, the heparan sulfate-heparanase axis plays pivotal roles in creating a permissive environment for cell proliferation, differentiation, and function, often resulting in the pathogenesis of diseases such as cancer, inflammation, endotheliitis, kidney dysfunction, tissue fibrosis, and viral infection.
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