"Brevican" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A BRAIN-specific hyalectin that may play a role in terminally differentiating NEURONS. It is found highly overexpressed in primary BRAIN TUMORS and in experimental models of GLIOMA.
| Descriptor ID |
D058581
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.395.650.750.687.275 D12.776.503.280.437.275
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| Concept/Terms |
Brevican- Brevican
- Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycan 7
- Brain-Enriched Hyaluronan-Binding Protein
- Brain Enriched Hyaluronan Binding Protein
- Hyaluronan-Binding Protein, Brain-Enriched
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| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Brevican" by people in Profiles.
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The effect of hypoxic-ischemic brain injury in perinatal rats on the abundance and proteolysis of brevican and NG2. Exp Neurol. 2005 May; 193(1):149-62.
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Genetic rescue of chondrodysplasia and the perinatal lethal effect of cartilage link protein deficiency. J Biol Chem. 2003 Oct 03; 278(40):39214-23.
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Intact aggrecan and fragments generated by both aggrecanse and metalloproteinase-like activities are present in the developing and adult rat spinal cord and their relative abundance is altered by injury. J Neurosci. 2001 Jul 01; 21(13):4772-81.