Low‐molecular‐weight heparins and angiogenesis

K Norrby - Apmis, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
The involvement of the vascular system in malignancy encompasses not only angiogenesis,
but also systemic hypercoagulability and a pro‐thrombotic state, and there is increasing …

Semi-synthetic heparin derivatives: chemical modifications of heparin beyond chain length, sulfate substitution pattern and N-sulfo/N-acetyl groups

C Fernández, CM Hattan, RJ Kerns - Carbohydrate research, 2006 - Elsevier
The glycosaminoglycan heparin is a polyanionic polysaccharide most recognized for its
anticoagulant activity. Heparin binds to cationic regions in hundreds of prokaryotic and …

Role of endothelial heparanase in delayed-type hypersensitivity

E Edovitsky, I Lerner, E Zcharia, T Peretz, I Vlodavsky… - Blood, 2006 - ashpublications.org
Heparanase is an endoglycosidase that cleaves heparan sulfate (HS), the main
polysaccharide of the basement membrane (BM). HS is responsible for BM integrity and …

Multimers of the fibroblast growth factor (FGF)–FGF receptor–saccharide complex are formed on long oligomers of heparin

NJ Harmer, CJ Robinson, LE Adam, LL Ilag… - Biochemical …, 2006 - portlandpress.com
The minimal signalling unit for tyrosine kinase receptors is two protomers dimerized by one
or more ligands. However, it is clear that maximal signalling requires the formation of larger …

Extracellular angiogenic growth factor interactions: an angiogenesis interactome survey

M Rusnati, M Presta - Endothelium, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Angiogenesis plays a key role in various physiological and pathological processes,
including inflammation and tumor growth. Numerous angiogenic growth factors (AGFs) have …

Diversity-oriented chemical modification of heparin: Identification of charge-reduced N-acyl heparin derivatives having increased selectivity for heparin-binding …

L Huang, RJ Kerns - Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 2006 - Elsevier
The diversity-oriented chemical modification of heparin is shown to afford charge-reduced
heparin derivatives that possess increased selectivity for binding heparin-binding proteins …