Mervyn J. Merrilees1 and Thomas N. Wight2,3 – biography
1The University of Auckland
2Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason
3University of Washington
Versican is a chondroitin sulfate (CS) proteoglycan present in the interstitial space of all tissues and is notably elevated during early development, where it plays a key role in organogenesis, and later in numerous pathologies, often those affecting major organs such as vessels, lung and skin [1]. Accumulating evidence indicates that versican is of critical importance in chronic vascular diseases including atherosclerosis, aneurysms and restenosis [2]. Continue reading




