Recombinant Mouse Biglycan (Bgn)

1. Knockout results provide evidence that decorin and biglycan are necessary for maintaining collagen fibril structure, fiber realignment, and mechanical properties of mature tendons. PMID: 28882761
2. A novel biological pathway has been discovered of soluble biglycan inducing HIF-2alpha protein stabilization and Epo production presumably in an oxygen-independent manner, ultimately giving rise to secondary polycythemia. PMID: 27600268
3. Results show that Bgn plays a role in the process of angiogenesis during fracture healing, and that effect appears to be partially mediated through endostatin suppression. PMID: 27072616
4. Asporin deficiency changes skin glycosaminoglycan composition, and decorin and biglycan content, which may explain the changes in skin mechanical properties. PMID: 28859141
5. Biglycan plays a protective role during the progression of atherosclerosis in ApoE-deficient mice by inhibiting thrombin generation. PMID: 27034473
6. These genes were concordantly induced by TAC in WT but not in biglycan KO mice. CONCLUSIONS: Left ventricular pressure overload induces biglycan expression in cardiac fibroblasts. Ablation of biglycan improves cardiac function and attenuates left ventricular hypertrophy and fibrosis after long-term pressure overload. PMID: 27789290
7. Importance of biglycan and decorin as targets for the manipulation of fetal membrane extracellular matrix stability in the context of inflammation. PMID: 25914258
8. Biglycan deficiency leads to loosely packed aortic collagen fibers, increased susceptibility of aortic elastin fibers to angII-induced stress, and up-regulation of vascular perlecan content. PMID: 25093698
9. Biglycan signaling supported fetal membrane remodeling during early gestation in the absence of concomitant changes in TGFbeta levels. PMID: 24373743
10. Lumican and biglycan influence corneal keratocyte lamellipodia organization and are critical in the regulation of stromal collagen fibrillogenesis. PMID: 24447998
11. Biglycan-triggered TLR-2- and TLR-4-signaling exacerbates the pathophysiology of ischemic acute kidney injury. PMID: 24480070
12. De novo expression of circulating biglycan evokes an innate inflammatory tissue response via MyD88/TRIF pathways. PMID: 24361484
13. Early stage patellar tendon healing was inferior in biglycan-null and decorin-null mice as compared to wild type. PMID: 24157578
14. This suggests that biglycan and decorin may have sequential roles in the tendon response to injury. PMID: 24072490
15. Mast cell chymase degrades the alarmins heat shock protein 70, biglycan, HMGB1, and interleukin-33 (IL-33) and limits danger-induced inflammation. PMID: 24257755
16. extracellular matrix biglycan mediates breast cancer normalization induced by embryonic mesenchyme PMID: 23817524
17. Biglycan plays a role in tendon viscoelasticity that cannot be completely explained by its role in collagen fibrillogenesis. PMID: 23592048
18. Biglycan deletion alters adiponectin expression in murine adipose tissue and 3T3-L1 adipocytes. PMID: 23189205
19. The glycosaminoglycans chains of biglycan (BGN) promote BGN-assisted BMP-4 function. PMID: 22895561
20. Bgn inhibits the major properties of HER-2/neu-transformed cells, which is inversely modulated by the PKC signaling cascade. PMID: 22582394
21. Increased messenger RNA (mRNA) expression of extracellular matrix genes BGN and COL1A1 was observed in the mouse epididymal adipose tissue after high-fat diet. PMID: 21775118
22. Biglycan/decorin mixed double knockout mouse is a model of dystocia and delayed labor onset. PMID: 22253749
23. Extracellular matrix protein biglycan plays a novel role in regulating synapse stability. PMID: 22396407
24. Use of a transplant system and a fracture healing model revealed that expression of Wnt-induced secreted protein 1 was decreased in bone formed by biglycan-deficient cells, further suggesting reduced Wnt signaling in vivo. PMID: 21969569
25. Biglycan is expressed/developmentally regulated in placenta and fetal membranes; data from mutant mouse strains suggest that both biglycan and decorin contribute to gestational success (i.e., prevent premature birth). PMID: 21502335
26. critical for temporomandibular joint subchondral bone integrity PMID: 21917603
27. Biglycan and decorin reduced the proliferation of pre-adipocytes, partly by induction of apoptosis. Furthermore, the anti-proliferative capabilities of decorin and biglycan were nullified with removal of GAG side-chains. PMID: 21702857
28. bgn deficiency promotes myofibroblast differentiation and proliferation in vitro and in vivo likely due to increased responses to TGF-beta and SMAD2 signaling PMID: 21454527
29. Biglycan and fibromodulin are novel key players in regulating chondrogenesis and extracellular matrix turnover during temoporomandibular joint osteoarthritis pathology. PMID: 20035055
30. Biglycan deficiency significantly accelerated disc degeneration in mice. PMID: 19940720
31. Beta1 integrin and htis protein's binding sites are localized to different laminin-G-domain-like (LG) modules within the laminin alpha5 chain G domain. PMID: 12519075
32. decorin and biglycan play distinct roles in palatogenesis, and decorin was more actively involved in the process of secondary palate formation than biglycan. PMID: 12666199
33. biglycan deficient mice have diminished capacity to produce marrow stromal cells, the bone cell precursors, and this deficiency increases with age PMID: 12975603
34. Deficiency protects against increased trabecular bone turnover and bone loss in response to estrogen depletion. PMID: 14672350
35. bgn is required for retaining an appropriate microenvironment for the maturation of osteoblastic stem cells PMID: 15173106
36. In addition to the imbalance between differentiation and proliferation, there was a differential decrease in secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor (slpi) in bgn deficient osteoblasts treated with 1,25-(OH)(2)D(3) PMID: 16364709
37. biglycan is important for the maintenance of muscle cell integrity and plays a direct role in regulating the expression and sarcolemmal localization of the intracellular signaling proteins dystrobrevin-1 and -2, alpha- and beta1-syntrophin and nNOS PMID: 16807372
38. biglycan has a particularly important function during muscle and connective tissue development PMID: 16810681
39. Biglycan is a ligand for two members of the sarcoglycan complex and regulates their expression at discrete developmental ages. PMID: 16883602
40. Biglycan is a positive modulator of BMP-2 induced osteoblast differentiation PMID: 17120779
41. At embryonic day 18.5, alizarin red/alcian blue staining showed that the Bgn/Dcn double deficient mice had hypomineralization of the frontal and parietal craniofacial bones. PMID: 17188951
42. death of biglycan-deficient mice from aortic rupture implicates biglycan as essential for the structural and functional integrity of the aortic wall and implicates biglycan gene defects in the pathogenesis of aortic dissection and rupture PMID: 17502576
43. These preliminary data suggest that WISP-1 and BGN may functionally interact and control each other's activity, thus regulating the differentiation and proliferation of osteogenic cells. PMID: 18701807
44. Biglycan overexpression did not significantly affect the amelogenin expression in incisor and molar teeth in 3-day postnatal transgenic mice. PMID: 18727043
45. decorin has a primary role in regulating fibril assembly, a function that can be fine-tuned by biglycan during early development. PMID: 19136671
46. Findings indicate that normal expression of small leucine rich proteoglycans, such as biglycan and decorin, plays an important role in the highly orchestrated process of dentin mineralization. PMID: 19379665
47. By signaling through TLR2/4, biglycan stimulates the expression of NLRP3 and pro-IL-1beta mRNA. PMID: 19605353
48. Binds to the carboxyl-terminal third of the alpha-dystroglycan core polypeptide. This interaction requires the chondroitin sulfate side chains of biglycan. PMID: 10684260

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KEGG: mmu:12111

STRING: 10090.ENSMUSP00000033741

UniGene: Mm.2608