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MeSH Heading: Proteoglycans
Tree Number(s): D09.400.430.930; D09.698.735; D12.776.395.650
Unique ID: D011509
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011509
Annotation: polysaccharides
Scope Note: Glycoproteins which have a very high polysaccharide content of which one or more are GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS.
Entry Term(s): Proteoglycan; Proteoglycan Type H
Registry Numbers: 0
NLM Classification #: QU 55.5
Previous Indexing: Mucopolysaccharides (1966-1974)
Public MeSH Note: 77; was see under MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDES 1975-76; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATES was see under MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDES 1976
Online Note: search MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDES 1973-74
History Note: 77(75); was see under MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDES 1975-76
Date Established: 1977/01/01
Date of Entry: 2024/08/09
Revision Date: 2024/05/20

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

deficiency (DF)

drug effects (DE)

economics (EC)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

physiology (PH)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

ultrastructure (UL)

urine (UR)

Proteoglycans MeSH Descriptor Data 2025