It was probably the French chemist Portes, who first reported in 1880 that the mucin in the
vitreous body, which he named hyalomucine, behaved differently from other mucoids in …

Animal cells and some bacteria produce hyaluronan, a high-molecular-weight, nonsulfated
glycosaminoglycan synthesized at the cell surface and extruded into the extracellular …

Hyaluronan has been implicated in biological processes such as cell adhesion, migration
and proliferation. Traditionally, it was thought to be associated with the extracellular matrix …

Hyaluronan (hyaluronic acid, HA) is a linear naturally occurring polysaccharide formed from
repeating disaccharide units of N-acetyl-D-glucosamine and D-glucuronate. Despite its …

Hyaluronan is an extremely important polysaccharide from both the biological and
commercial points of view. This review summarizes the present state of the art concerning …

The discovery of several unexpected complex biological roles of hyaluronic acid (HA) has
promoted new research impetus for biologists and, the clinical interest in several fields of …

Hyaluronan is a straight chain, glycosaminoglycan polymer of the extracellular matrix
composed of repeating units of the disaccharide [-d-glucuronic acid-β1, 3-N-acetyl-d …

As a major polysaccharide component of the extracellular matrix, hyaluronan plays essential
roles in the organization of tissue architecture and the regulation of cellular functions, such …

The polysaccharide hyaluronan is an essential component of the vertebrate extracellular
matrix and also produced by viruses, bacteria and fungi. Although the hyaluronan polymer is …

Hyaluronan (HA, Figure 1), a high molecular weight biopolysaccharide, was discovered by
Meyer and Palmer in 1934 in the vitreous humor of cattle eyes. 1 HA is a member of a group …