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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2025

Hyaluronic Acid and Its Synthases-Current Knowledge.

Klaudia Palenčárová, Romana Köszagová, Jozef Nahálka

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Klaudia PalenčárováInstitute of Chemistry, Centre for Glycomics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dubravska Cesta 9, SK-84538 Bratislava, Slovakia.
Romana KöszagováInstitute of Chemistry, Centre for Glycomics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dubravska Cesta 9, SK-84538 Bratislava, Slovakia.
Jozef NahálkaInstitute of Chemistry, Centre for Glycomics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dubravska Cesta 9, SK-84538 Bratislava, Slovakia.ORCID 0000-0002-2415-6005

Funding

"Návratová projektová schéma" SAV 2025VEGA 2/0064/22
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hyaluronic acid (HA) is a linear heteropolysaccharide that naturally occurs in vertebrates. Thanks to its unique physico-chemical properties, it is involved in many key processes in living organisms. These biological activities provide the basis for its broad applications in cosmetics, medicine, and the food industry. The molecular weight of HA might vary significantly, as it can be less than 10 kDa or reach more than 6000 kDa. There is a strong correlation between variations in its molecular weight and bioactivities, as well as with various pathological processes. Consequently, monodispersity is a crucial requirement for HA production, together with purity and safety. Common industrial approaches, such as extraction from animal sources and microbial fermentation, have limits in fulfilling these requests. Research and protein engineering with hyaluronic acid synthases can provide a strong tool for the production of monodisperse HA. One-pot multi-enzyme reactions that include in situ nucleotide phosphate regeneration systems might represent the future of HA production. In this review, we explore the current knowledge about HA, its production, hyaluronic synthases, the most recent stage of in vitro enzymatic synthesis research, and one-pot approaches.

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Hyaluronan SynthasesHyaluronic AcidAnimalsHumansProtein EngineeringHyaluronan SynthasesHyaluronic Acidhyaluronic acidhyaluronic acid synthasein vitro synthesisproduction

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PMID40806161
PMCPMC12346304

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