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Known as: Brain-Enriched Hyaluronan-Binding Protein, Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycan 7, Brain Enriched Hyaluronan Binding Protein 
A BRAIN-specific hyalectin that may play a role in terminally differentiating NEURONS. It is found highly overexpressed in primary BRAIN TUMORS and… 
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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
The role of brevican in glioma: promoting tumor cell motility in vitro and in vivo
BackgroundMalignant glioma is a common primary tumor of the central nervous system. Brevican, an abundant extracellular matrix… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
The Proteoglycan Brevican Binds to Fibronectin after Proteolytic Cleavage and Promotes Glioma Cell Motility*
The adult neural parenchyma contains a distinctive extracellular matrix that acts as a barrier to cell and neurite motility… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
The chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans neurocan, brevican, phosphacan, and versican are differentially regulated following spinal cord injury
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Brevican-Deficient Mice Display Impaired Hippocampal CA1 Long-Term Potentiation but Show No Obvious Deficits in Learning and Memory
ABSTRACT Brevican is a brain-specific proteoglycan which is found in specialized extracellular matrix structures called… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Brain-enriched Hyaluronan Binding (BEHAB)/Brevican Cleavage in a Glioma Cell Line Is Mediated by a Disintegrin and Metalloproteinase with Thrombospondin Motifs (ADAMTS) Family Member*
Brain-enriched hyaluronan binding (BEHAB)/brevican is a brain-specific extracellular matrix protein containing a cleavage site… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Brevican Is Degraded by Matrix Metalloproteinases and Aggrecanase-1 (ADAMTS4) at Different Sites*
Brevican is a member of the lectican family of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans that is predominantly expressed in the central… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Differential regulation of expression of hyaluronan-binding proteoglycans in developing brain: aggrecan, versican, neurocan, and brevican.
We have used a slot-blot radioimmunoassay to quantitate the levels of hyaluronan-binding chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans in… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
The Brain Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycan Brevican Associates with Astrocytes Ensheathing Cerebellar Glomeruli and Inhibits Neurite Outgrowth from Granule Neurons
Brevican is a nervous system-specific chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan that belongs to the aggrecan family and is one of the most… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Brevican, a Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycan of Rat Brain, Occurs as Secreted and Cell Surface Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored Isoforms (*)
cDNA clones encoding proteins related to the aggrecan/versican family of proteoglycan core proteins have been isolated with… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Molecular cloning of brevican, a novel brain proteoglycan of the aggrecan/versican family.
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