An ultrastructural study of glycosaminoglycans associated with collagen and other constituents of the cat anulus fibrosus
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Molecular Histology
- Vol. 14 (1) , 113-123
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01041134
Abstract
It has been confirmed that glycosaminoglycan is associated with collagen and other constituents of the anulus fibrosus. In cells, it appears to be present on the rough endoplasmic reticulum and is removed by hyaluronidase digestion and thus may consist of chondroitin sulphate. In pericellular material it appears as fibrils and granules, is unaffected by hyaluronidase and may consist of keratan sulphate or dermatan sulphate. Collagen fibrils contain hyaluronidase-digestable glycosaminoglycan (such as chondroitin sulphate) in the form of peripheral rings that appear as bands in longitudinal sections of the fibrils.This publication has 16 references indexed in Scilit:
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