Pub. Date : 1998 Jan 1
PMID : 9421478
2 Functional Relationships(s)Download |
Sentence | Compound Name | Protein Name | Organism |
1 | We tested if structural analogues of D-glucose may mimic the high glucose effect and found that D-glucosamine was strikingly more potent than D-glucose itself in enhancing the production of TGF-beta protein and subsequent production of the matrix components heparan sulfate proteoglycan and fibronectin in a time- and dose-dependent manner. | Glucosamine | transforming growth factor beta 1 | Homo sapiens |
2 | D-Glucosamine also promoted conversion of latent TGF-beta to the active form. | Glucosamine | transforming growth factor beta 1 | Homo sapiens |