FEBS MPST 2009

July 11-16, 2009, Patras, Greece, Conference & Cultural Center, University of Patras

FEBS J-Minireview Series on Proteoglycans

Thanks to the contribution of the invited speakers of the advanced lecture course FEBS-MPST-2009, a MiniReview Series entitled: Proteoglycans in health and disease: emerging concepts and future directions, coordinated by RV Iozzo and NK Karamanos, has been published in FEBS J (www.febsjournal.org) - (Article first published online: 31 AUG 2010).

MiniReview Series: Proteoglycans in health and disease: emerging concepts and future directions
Renato V. Iozzo and Nikos Karamanos, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1742-4658.2010.07796.x/pdf

- Proteoglycans in health and disease: novel regulatory signaling mechanisms evoked by the small leucine-rich proteoglycans
Renato V. Iozzo and Liliana Schaefer http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1742-4658.2010.07797.x/pdf

- Proteoglycans in health and disease: new concepts for heparanase function in tumor progression and metastasis
Uri Barash, Victoria Cohen-Kaplan, Ilana Dowek, Ralph D. Sanderson, Neta Ilan and Israel Vlodavsky
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1742-4658.2010.07799.x/pdf

- Proteoglycans in health and disease: the multiple roles of syndecan shedding
Tina Manon-Jensen, Yoshifumi Itoh and John R. Couchman
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1742-4658.2010.07798.x/pdf

- Proteoglycans in health and disease: novel roles for proteoglycans in malignancy and their pharmacological targeting
Achilleas D. Theocharis, Spyridon S. Skandalis, George N. Tzanakakis and Nikos K. Karamanos
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1742-4658.2010.07800.x/pdf