NG2-proteoglycans

Burg MA, Pasqualini R, Arap W et al. NG2 proteoglycan-binding peptides target tumor neovasculature. Cancer Res 1999 59 2869-2874. 

Ughrin, Y. M., Chen, Z. J. and Levine, J. M. Multiple regions of the NG2 proteoglycan inhibit neurite growth and induce growth cone collapse. /. Neurosci 23 175-186,2003. 

Nishiyama A, Lin XH, Giese N, Heldin CH, Stallcup WB (1996) Co-localization of NG2 proteoglycan and PDGF alpha-receptor on 02A progenitor cells in the developing rat brain. J Neurosci Res 43 299-314. 

Belachew S, Chittagallu R, Aguirre AA, Yuan X, Kirby M, Anderson S, Gallo V (2003) Postnatal NG2 proteoglycan-expressing progenitor cells are intrinsically mnltipotent and generate functional nenrons. J Cell Biol 161 169-186. 

Stallcup W. B. and Beasley, L., Bipotential glial precursor cells of the optic nerve express the NG2 proteoglycan, J. Neurosci., 7, 2737, 1987. 

LPL M-CSFR MHC MHC-II MMCP MMP NG2 PDGF PPAR RANK Sca-1 SM22 L lipoprotein monocyte - colony stimulation factor receptor myosin heavy chain MHC class II mouse mast cell protease metalloproteinase proteoglycan heparan-sulfate related to pericytes activity platelet-derived growth factor peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma receptor activator of NF-kappa 3 stem cell antigen 1 smooth cell protein structurally related to calponin, both actin and tropomyosin ligands... 

Jones LL, Yamaguchi Y, Stallcup WB, Tuszynski MH (2002) NG2 is a major chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan produced after spinal cord injury and is expressed by macrophages and oligodendrocyte progenitors. J Neurosci 22 2792-2803. 

Levine, J. M., Increased expression of the NG2 chondroitin sulphate proteoglycan after brain injury, J. Neumsci., 14, 4716, 1994. 

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