Hyaluronan fragmentation during inflammatory pathologies: a signal that empowers tissue damage

A Avenoso, G Bruschetta, A D'Ascola… - Mini Reviews in …, 2020 - ingentaconnect.com
The mechanisms that modulate the response to tissue injury are not fully understood.
Abnormalities in the repair response are associated with a variety of chronic disease states …

[HTML][HTML] Hyaluronan, a crucial regulator of inflammation

AC Petrey, CA de la Motte - Frontiers in immunology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Hyaluronan (HA), a major component of the extracellular matrix (ECM), plays a key role in
regulating inflammation. Inflammation is associated with accumulation and turnover of HA …

Hyaluronan fragments produced during tissue injury: A signal amplifying the inflammatory response

A Avenoso, G Bruschetta, A D'Ascola… - Archives of biochemistry …, 2019 - Elsevier
Inflammation is a complex mechanism that plays a key role during diseases. Dynamic
features of the extracellular matrix (ECM), in particular, during phases of tissue inflammation …

[HTML][HTML] Hyaluronan–a functional and structural sweet spot in the tissue microenvironment

J Monslow, P Govindaraju, E Puré - Frontiers in immunology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Transition from homeostatic to reactive matrix remodeling is a fundamental adaptive tissue
response to injury, inflammatory disease, fibrosis, and cancer. Alterations in architecture …

Hyaluronan as a therapeutic target in human diseases

J Liang, D Jiang, PW Noble - Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Accumulation and turnover of extracellular matrix is a hallmark of tissue injury, repair and
remodeling in human diseases. Hyaluronan is a major component of the extracellular matrix …

Hyaluronan and hyaluronan fragments

MK Cowman - Advances in carbohydrate chemistry and biochemistry, 2017 - Elsevier
The glycosaminoglycan hyaluronan (HA) is a key component of the microenvironment
surrounding cells. In healthy tissues, HA molecules have extremely high molecular mass …

Design of peptide mimetics to block pro-inflammatory functions of HA fragments

A Hauser-Kawaguchi, LG Luyt, E Turley - Matrix Biology, 2019 - Elsevier
Hyaluronan is a simple extracellular matrix polysaccharide that actively regulates
inflammation in tissue repair and disease processes. The native HA polymer, which is large …

Hyaluronan and its catabolic products in tissue injury and repair

PW Noble - Matrix biology, 2002 - Elsevier
Hyaluronan is an unbiquitous glycosaminoglycan present in most tissues. Under
homeostatic conditions hyaluronan exists as a high molecular mass polymer that has …

Sulfated hyaluronan attenuates inflammatory signaling pathways in macrophages involving induction of antioxidants

F Jouy, N Lohmann, E Wandel, G Ruiz‐Gómez… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
It is well recognized that high molecular weight hyaluronan (H‐HA) exerts potent anti‐
inflammatory effects while its fragmentation into low molecular weight HA (L‐HA) is …

Hyaluronan: molecular size‐dependent signaling and biological functions in inflammation and cancer

AG Tavianatou, I Caon, M Franchi… - The FEBS …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Hyaluronan (HA) is a linear nonsulfated glycosaminoglycan of the extracellular matrix that
plays a pivotal role in a variety of biological processes. High‐molecular weight HA exhibits …