COMPOSITIONS AFFECTING HYALURONIC ACID MEDIATED ACTIVITY

摘要

Compositions comprising hyaluronic acid (HA) or agents that interfere with HA binding of HA receptors and methods of using the same are provided. For example, there is provided a composition comprising HA oligomers ranging in size from 10-mer to 80-mer and use of the same for promoting migration, growth or survival of wild-type or transformed/cancerous cells. There is also provided a composition comprising an agent that interferes with binding between an HA oligomer of a size of about 10-mer to about 80-mer and an HA receptor. Such compositions may be useful for therapeutic, diagnostic or imaging applications. Examples of therapeutic use are wound repair or cancer treatment.