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Title:Connective tissue and diseases: from morphology to proteomics towards the development of new therapeutic appproach
Authors:Quaglino, Daniela (Author)
Boraldi, Federica (Author)
Annovi, Giulia (Author)
Guerra, Deanna (Author)
Pasquali Ronchetti, Ivonne (Author)
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Language:English
Work type:Not categorized (r6)
Tipology:1.02 - Review Article
Organization:UNG - University of Nova Gorica
Abstract:Connective tissue consists of cells separated by the extracellular matrix, whose composition and amount vary according to age, to functional requirements, and to the presence of pathologic conditions. Within this non-random macromolecular assembly, collagens, elastin, proteoglycans and structural glycoproteins are mutually interdependent and modifications of one component, by extrinsic (environmental) and/or intrinsic (systemic, genetic, age-related) factors, may have consequences on the tissue as a whole. Since decades, different microscopical techniques have been applied mainly for diagnostic purposes and for detailed descriptions of changes occurring in cells and in matrix components. More recently, in order to dissect the molecular complexity of the matrix network, to analyse the interactions between cells and matrix and to look for modulators of cell phenotype, histomorphologic investigations have been implemented with proteomic studies that allow to identify possible diagnostic markers, and to better understand patho-mechanisms enabling the design of novel therapeutic strategies. Therefore, the progressively expanding, although incomplete, knowledge on connective tissue biology, sheds new light on the pathogenesis of diseases affecting single molecules (i.e. collagenopathies, mucopolysaccharidoses, elastinopathies) and discloses the importance of matrix components as fundamental regulators of cell phenotype, in relation, for instance, to the aging process and/or to cancer development and progression. Few examples will be presented demonstrating the promises of proteomics as a technique leading to the discovery of new therapies and possibly to the development of individualized treatments for a better patient care.
Keywords:pathology, proteomics, fibrosis, rheumatology, cancer
Year of publishing:2009
Number of pages:556-565
Numbering:2
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URN:URN:SI:UNG:REP:39TGDV0M
License:CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
This work is available under this license: Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives 4.0 International
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