ProductBackground:Hyaluronicacid(HA)isahighmolecularweightanionicpolysaccharide(1,000-10,000kD)composedofrepeatingdisaccharidesandisoneofseveralglycosaminoglycancomponentsoftheextracellularmatrixofconnectivetissue.
FreeHAistakenupbytheliverwhereitisdegradedandrecycled.Manychronicliverdiseases,includinginfection(hepatitisBorC),toxicity(alcoholanddrugs),genetic(hemochromatosis),autoimmunity,andmalignancy,resultinliverinflammationwhichcanprogresstoliverfibrosisandcirrhosis;causingimpairmentofliverfunctionandresultinginarapidincreaseincirculatingHAlevels.
DataindicatesarelationshipbetweenHAlevels,localinflammationandseverityofdisease.RecentpublicationshavealsoshownthatHAlevelsinurineareindicativeofbladdercancer,thatHAlevelsaredirectlycorrelatedtoliverdisease,andsuggestsenhancedbreakdownofHAinthelungsofpatientswithchronicobstructivepulmonarydisease.Inaddition,serumlevelsofHAhavebeenfoundtobeelevatedinpatientswithrheumatoidarthritis.

FeaturedinPublications:(seetheHAELISATDSformorereferences)
1.Meuwese,M.C.,H.L.Mooij,etal.(2009)."Partialrecoveryoftheendothelialglycocalyxuponrosuvastatintherapyinpatientswithheterozygousfamilialhypercholesterolemia."JLipidRes50(1):148-153.
2.Vendrov,A.E.,N.R.Madamanchi,etal.(2010)."NADPHOxidasesRegulateCD44andHyaluronicAcidExpressioninThrombin-treatedVascularSmoothMuscleCellsandinAtherosclerosis."JournalofBiologicalChemistry285(34):26545-26557.
3.B.KIM,etal.(2010)."Retinylretinoateinduceshyaluronanproductionandlessirritationthanotherretinoids."TheJournalofDermatology37(5):448-454.

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ProductKeywords:Hyaluronan,Hyaluronate,LiverCirrhosis,RheumatoidArthritis,Hyaluronan,Osteoarthritis,LiverFibrosis