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SUBMITTER: Tsitrina AA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8434796 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tsitrina Alexandra A AA Krasylov Igor V IV Maltsev Dmitry I DI Andreichenko Irina N IN Moskvina Viktoria S VS Ivankov Dmitry N DN Bulgakova Elena V EV Nesterchuk Mikhail M Shashkovskaya Vera V Dashenkova Nataliya O NO Khilya Vladimir P VP Mikaelyan Arsen A Kotelevtsev Yuri Y
Glycobiology 20210901 8
Elevated plasma levels of hyaluronic acid (HA) is a disease marker in liver pathology and other inflammatory disorders. Inhibition of HA synthesis with coumarin 4-methylumbelliferone (4MU) has a beneficial effect in animal models of fibrosis, inflammation, cancer and metabolic syndrome. 4MU is an active compound of approved choleretic drug hymecromone with low bioavailability and a broad spectrum of action. New, more specific and efficient inhibitors of hyaluronan synthases (HAS) are required. W ...[more]