Recent advances in the structural biology of chondroitin sulfate and dermatan sulfate

Chondroitinase ABC promotes functional recovery after spinal cord injury

2002 • 2,236 citations

Reactivation of Ocular Dominance Plasticity in the Adult Visual Cortex

2002 • 1,592 citations

Specificities of heparan sulphate proteoglycans in developmental processes

2000 • 706 citations

Proteoglycans in the Developing Brain: New Conceptual Insights for Old Proteins

2000 • 619 citations

Regeneration of CNS axons back to their target following treatment of adult rat brain with chondroitinase ABC

2001 • 562 citations

Dermatan sulfate: new functions from an old glycosaminoglycan

2002 • 429 citations

Pleiotrophin signals increased tyrosine phosphorylation of β-catenin through inactivation of the intrinsic catalytic activity of the receptor-type protein tyrosine phosphatase β/ζ

2000 • 415 citations

Chapter 22 Chondroitin sulphate proteoglycans in the CNS injury response

2002 • 415 citations

Midkine Binds to Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase (ALK) and Acts as a Growth Factor for Different Cell Types

2002 • 349 citations

Specific Molecular Interactions of Oversulfated Chondroitin Sulfate E with Various Heparin-binding Growth Factors

2002 • 319 citations

Biosynthesis of Chondroitin/Dermatan Sulfate

2002 • 309 citations

Nervous tissue proteoglycans

1993 • 269 citations

Chondroitin proteoglycans are involved in cell division of Caenorhabditis elegans

2003 • 252 citations

Brevican-Deficient Mice Display Impaired Hippocampal CA1 Long-Term Potentiation but Show No Obvious Deficits in Learning and Memory

2002 • 247 citations

Heparin and Heparan Sulfate Biosynthesis

2002 • 246 citations

Oversulfated Chondroitin/Dermatan Sulfates Containing GlcAβ1/IdoAα1–3GalNAc(4,6-O-disulfate) Interact with L- and P-selectin and Chemokines

2002 • 237 citations

Endocan Is a Novel Chondroitin Sulfate/Dermatan Sulfate Proteoglycan That Promotes Hepatocyte Growth Factor/Scatter Factor Mitogenic Activity

2001 • 230 citations

Modification of extracellular matrix by enzymatic removal of chondroitin sulfate and by lack of tenascin-R differentially affects several forms of synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus

2001 • 229 citations

Caenorhabditis elegans early embryogenesis and vulval morphogenesis require chondroitin biosynthesis

2003 • 212 citations

Molecular Cloning and Expression of a Human Chondroitin Synthase

2001 • 202 citations

Neurocan Is Dispensable for Brain Development

2001 • 197 citations

The DSD-1 Carbohydrate Epitope Depends on Sulfation, Correlates with Chondroitin Sulfate D Motifs, and Is Sufficient to Promote Neurite Outgrowth

1998 • 180 citations

Molecular Interactions of Neural Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans in the Brain Development

2000 • 165 citations

Molecular Cloning of a Chondroitin Polymerizing Factor That Cooperates with Chondroitin Synthase for Chondroitin Polymerization

2003 • 163 citations

Heparin-binding proteins HB-GAM (pleiotrophin) and amphoterin in the regulation of cell motility

2000 • 152 citations

Human Homolog of Caenorhabditis elegans sqv-3 Gene Is Galactosyltransferase I Involved in the Biosynthesis of the Glycosaminoglycan-Protein Linkage Region of Proteoglycans

1999 • 139 citations

Neuronal Cell Adhesion, Mediated by the Heparin-binding Neuroregulatory Factor Midkine, Is Specifically Inhibited by Chondroitin Sulfate E

2000 • 133 citations

sqv mutants of Caenorhabditis elegans are defective in vulval epithelial invagination

1999 • 127 citations

Cell-contact-dependent signalling in axon growth and guidance: Eph receptor tyrosine kinases and receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase β

1998 • 126 citations

SQV-7, a protein involved in Caenorhabditis elegans epithelial invagination and early embryogenesis, transports UDP-glucuronic acid, UDP- N - acetylgalactosamine, and UDP-galactose

2001 • 126 citations

sqv-3 , -7 , and - 8 , a set of genes affecting morphogenesis in Caenorhabditis elegans , encode enzymes required for glycosaminoglycan biosynthesis

2000 • 123 citations

Chondrodysplasias due to proteoglycan defects

2002 • 122 citations

Oversulfated Dermatan Sulfate Exhibits Neurite Outgrowth-promoting Activity toward Embryonic Mouse Hippocampal Neurons

2003 • 122 citations

Molecular Cloning and Expression of Human ChondroitinN-Acetylgalactosaminyltransferase

2002 • 120 citations

Decorin-binding proteins A and B confer distinct mammalian cell type-specific attachment by Borrelia burgdorferi , the Lyme disease spirochete

2003 • 120 citations

Molecular Cloning and Expression of a Second Chondroitin N-Acetylgalactosaminyltransferase Involved in the Initiation and Elongation of Chondroitin/Dermatan Sulfate

2003 • 110 citations

Chinese Hamster Ovary Cell Mutants Defective in Glycosaminoglycan Assembly and Glucuronosyltransferase I

1999 • 108 citations

Identification of GIT1/Cat-1 as a substrate molecule of protein tyrosine phosphatase ζ/β by the yeast substrate-trapping system

2001 • 107 citations

Demonstration of glycosaminoglycans in Caenorhabditis elegans

1999 • 106 citations

Dermatan Sulfate Binds and Potentiates Activity of Keratinocyte Growth Factor (FGF-7)

2002 • 104 citations

No Obvious Abnormality in Mice Deficient in Receptor Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase β

2000 • 103 citations

Heterogeneity of the Chondroitin Sulfate Portion of Phosphacan/6B4 Proteoglycan Regulates Its Binding Affinity for Pleiotrophin/Heparin Binding Growth-associated Molecule

2003 • 96 citations

A Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycan PTPζ/RPTPβ Regulates the Morphogenesis of Purkinje Cell Dendrites in the Developing Cerebellum

2003 • 92 citations

Structure and Function of Oversulfated Chondroitin Sulfate Variants. Unique Sulfation Patterns and Neuroregulatory Activities.

2000 • 89 citations

Phosphacan Short Isoform, a Novel Non-proteoglycan Variant of Phosphacan/Receptor Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase-β, Interacts with Neuronal Receptors and Promotes Neurite Outgrowth

2003 • 87 citations

Interactions between M proteins of Streptococcus pyogenes and glycosaminoglycans promote bacterial adhesion to host cells

2003 • 86 citations

Adaptation of the Lyme disease spirochaete to the mammalian host environment results in enhanced glycosaminoglycan and host cell binding

2003 • 85 citations

The Caenorhabditis elegans Genes sqv-2and sqv-6, Which Are Required for Vulval Morphogenesis, Encode Glycosaminoglycan Galactosyltransferase II and Xylosyltransferase

2003 • 85 citations

Enhanced bacterial virulence through exploitation of host glycosaminoglycans

2002 • 85 citations

The SQV-1 UDP-glucuronic acid decarboxylase and the SQV-7 nucleotide-sugar transporter may act in the Golgi apparatus to affect Caenorhabditis elegans vulval morphogenesis and embryonic development

2002 • 85 citations

Functional Analysis of the Chondroitin 6-Sulfotransferase Gene in Relation to Lymphocyte Subpopulations, Brain Development, and Oversulfated Chondroitin Sulfates

2002 • 84 citations

Glycosaminoglycan structures required for strong binding to midkine, a heparin-binding growth factor

2002 • 79 citations

Herpes simplex virus type 1 glycoprotein C is necessary for efficient infection of chondroitin sulfate-expressing gro2C cells

2002 • 77 citations

The Mode of Action of Heparan and Dermatan Sulfates in the Regulation of Hepatocyte Growth Factor/Scatter Factor

2002 • 77 citations

Molecular Cloning and Characterization of a Novel Chondroitin Sulfate Glucuronyltransferase That Transfers Glucuronic Acid toN-Acetylgalactosamine

2002 • 73 citations

TheCaenorhabditis elegansvulval morphogenesis genesqv-4encodes a UDP-glucose dehydrogenase that is temporally and spatially regulated

2002 • 71 citations

The Low Sulfated Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans of Human Placenta Have Sulfate Group-clustered Domains That Can Efficiently Bind Plasmodium falciparum-infected Erythrocytes

2003 • 68 citations

The Structural Motif in Chondroitin Sulfate for Adhesion ofPlasmodium falciparum-infected Erythrocytes Comprises Disaccharide Units of 4-O-Sulfated and Non-sulfated N-Acetylgalactosamine Linked to Glucuronic Acid

2002 • 63 citations

Tenascin glycoproteins and the complementary ligand DSD-1-PG/ phosphacan--structuring the neural extracellular matrix during development and repair.

2001 • 59 citations

Molecular basis for the dichotomy in Plasmodium falciparum adhesion to CD36 and chondroitin sulfate A

2002 • 57 citations

Appican, the Proteoglycan Form of the Amyloid Precursor Protein, Contains Chondroitin Sulfate E in the Repeating Disaccharide Region and 4-O-Sulfated Galactose in the Linkage Region

2001 • 56 citations

Neuronal polarity: Giving neurons heads and tails

1995 • 54 citations

Roles of Proteoglycans in Reception of the Midkine Signal.

2001 • 11 citations

Roles of Proteoglycans in Neuronal Circuit Formation of Retinotectal Projections( Roles of Extracellular Matrix in the Development and Regeneration of Nervous Systems)

2003 • 7 citations

Signal Transduction of Proteoglycan-type Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, PTPζ( Roles of Extracellular Matrix in the Development and Regeneration of Nervous Systems)

2003 • 4 citations