Exploring the Multifaceted Roles of Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) - New Advances and Further Challenges

• Other Authors: Nikitovic, Dragana (Editor), Perez, Serge (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Biology, life sciences; GAGs: Hyaluronic; Acid,; Heparan; (Sulfate); Heparin,; Heparosan; Chondroitin; Dermatan; Keratan,; GAGs; like; Peri; and; Extracellular; Matrix; Regulation; & Biosynthesis; of; GAG; Extraction; Synthesis; (chemical,; metabolic; engineering,...); Characterization; sequence; molecular; weight,; degree; polymerization,; 3D; structures,....); structure/properties; relationships; oligosaccharides; Glycobiology; structure/function; relationship; Protein-GAG; complexes; in; disease; GAG-based; biomaterials; as; nanocarriers
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Glycosaminoglycans are linear, anionic polysaccharides (GAGs) consisting of repeating disaccharides. GAGs are ubiquitously localized throughout the extracellular matrix (ECM) and to the cell membranes of cells in all tissues. They are either conjugated to protein cores in the form of proteoglycans,...