"Aggrecans" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Large HYALURONAN-containing proteoglycans found in articular cartilage (CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR). They form into aggregates that provide tissues with the capacity to resist high compressive and tensile forces.
| Descriptor ID |
D053674
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D09.698.735.200.500 D12.776.395.650.750.687.100 D12.776.503.280.437.100 D12.776.860.300.140
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| Concept/Terms |
Aggrecans- Aggrecans
- Cartilage-Specific Proteoglycan Core Proteins
- Cartilage Specific Proteoglycan Core Proteins
- Aggrecan
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Aggrecans" by people in Profiles.
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Genetic screening confirms heterozygous mutations in ACAN as a major cause of idiopathic short stature. Sci Rep. 2017 09 22; 7(1):12225.
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