Author(s): WANG Lili, WANG Li, WU Huanwen, LIANG Zhiyong, LIU Tonghua, Department of Pathology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital
Pages: 195-198
Year: 2016 Issue:  2
Journal: Journal of Clinical and Pathological Research
Keyword:  Asporin; SLRP; inflammation; tumor;
Abstract: Recently, increasing researches revealed that extracellular matrix(ECM) proteins play important roles in human disease development. Asporin is one of the components in ECM, which belongs to the family of small leucine rich proteoglycan(SLRP). It has been revealed that Asporin is associated with various human diseases. Therefore, we perform an overview of the researches between Asporin and human disease.