Chemicals and Drugs

Collagen Type XVIII

A non-fibrillar collagen found in BASEMENT MEMBRANE. The C-terminal end of the alpha1 chain of collagen type XVIII contains the ENDOSTATIN peptide, which can be released by proteolytic cleavage.

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A non-fibrillar collagen found in BASEMENT MEMBRANE. The C-terminal end of the alpha1 chain of collagen type XVIII contains the ENDOSTATIN peptide, which can be released by proteolytic cleavage.

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  • Collagen XVIII
  • Type XVIII Collagen
  • XVIII Collagen
  • Collagen, Type XVIII
  • Collagen, XVIII
  • Type XVIII, Collagen
  • Collagen Type XVIII, alpha1 Subunit
  • Collagen alpha1(XVIII)
  • Procollagen Type XVIII
  • alpha1(XVIII) Collagen
  • Type XVIII, Procollagen

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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.

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Indexing Annotation

precursors: coord IM with PROCOLLAGEN (IM)

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History Note

2004; use COLLAGEN TYPE XVIII (NM) 1994-2002

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  • Collagen (1994-2003)
  • Peptide Fragments (1997-2003)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Collagen Type XVIII. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D043170. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D043170
  2. Collagen Type XVIII. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_XVIII_collagen
  3. Collagen Type XVIII. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22325636