Evolution of high-molecular-mass hyaluronic acid is associated with subterranean lifestyle

Abstract Hyaluronic acid is a major component of extracellular matrix which plays an important role in development, cellular response to injury and inflammation, cell migration, and cancer. The naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber) contains abundant high-molecular-mass hyaluronic acid in its tissue...

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Main Authors: Yang Zhao, Zhizhong Zheng, Zhihui Zhang, Yandong Xu, Eric Hillpot, Yifei S. Lin, Frances T. Zakusilo, J. Yuyang Lu, Julia Ablaeva, Seyed Ali Biashad, Richard A. Miller, Eviatar Nevo, Andrei Seluanov, Vera Gorbunova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-43623-2