Phase One: Week Five Flashcards
What are some functions of the ECM?
Mechanical and structural support Tensile strength Determines cell microenvironment Anchors cells sequesters growth factors Resistance to phagocytic cells Establishes cell niches
Give four examples of GAGs
Chondroitin sulphate
Hyaluronic acid
Keratin sulphate
Heparin sulphate
Where is chondroitin sulphate found?
Cartilage
Where is heparin sulphate found?
Basement membrane
Where is keratin sulphate found?
Cartilage
Give four examples of proteoglycan
Aggrecan
Syndecan
Perlecan
Decorin
What GAGs compose Aggrecan?
Chondroitin sulphate and keratin sulphate.
What GAGs compose Decorin?
Chondroitin sulphate and Dermatan sulphate
What GAGs compose Perlecan?
Heparin sulphate
What GAGs compose Syndecan?
Chondroitin sulphate and heparin sulphate
Give five examples of glycoproteins found in the ECM
Fibrilin Fibronectin Laminin Entactin Tenascin
What is the role of Laminin?
Primary BM organiser
What is the role of Fibronectin?
Linker in Basement membrane
What is the role of fibrilin?
Elastin organiser
What is the role of Entactin?
Linker in BM
What is the role of Tenascin?
Linker in connective tissue
What is mutated in Marfan’s syndrome?
Fibrilin-1