Link N peptide 是细胞外基质的蛋白聚糖聚集体 (proteoglycan aggregates) 的激活剂。它选择性激活 p38 丝裂原活化蛋白激酶 (MAPK) 通路,增强人椎间盘细胞中 I 型和 II 型胶原蛋白的产生。Link N peptide 有可能用于椎间盘退变类疾病的研究。
Aminoquinuride, also known as Surfen, is a proteoglycan binding agent that reduces inflammation but inhibits remyelination in murine models of Multiple Sclerosis. Murine T cell activation is regulated by Surfen.
RO314724 is a HDAC inhibitor. RO314724 is also a a reversible, tightly binding, MMP inhibitor with a Ki of 26 nm. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) belong to the key enzymes of the proteolytic destruction of cartilage matrix during chronic rheumatic diseases. Ro314724 displayed MMP-proteoglycanase inhibitory activity both in vitro and ex vivo and proved to be not harmful to the morphology, viability and proteoglycan biosynthesis of bovine articular cartilage explants.