title: Pathways of aggrecan processing in joint tissues. Implications for disease mechanism and monitoring.
authors.affiliation: Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children, Tampa Unit, FL 33612-9499, USA.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Sandy
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Plaas
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Koob
mesh_terms: D053674:Aggrecans; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000378:metabolism; D002417:Cattle; D011508:Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans / Q000378:metabolism*; D002813:Chondrosarcoma / Q000378:metabolism; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins; D017629:Gap Junctions / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007596:Joints / Q000378:metabolism*; D037181:Lectins, C-Type; D008592:Menisci, Tibial / Q000378:metabolism; D008967:Molecular Biology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011509:Proteoglycans / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D012016:Reference Values; D013045:Species Specificity; D013582:Synovial Fluid / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C508321:Acan protein, rat; D053674:Aggrecans; D011508:Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins; D037181:Lectins, C-Type; D011509:Proteoglycans