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. 2022 Oct 29;23(21):13146. doi: 10.3390/ijms232113146

Table 3.

Diseases with known association with ARSB or with chondroitin 4-sulfate are presented. Some reports present data about chondroitin 4-sulfate without ARSB data.

Diseases Associated with Decline in ARSB or with Increase in Chondroitin 4-Sulfate
Disease Mechanism/Etiology Text Section Reference
Mucopolysaccharidosis VI (MPS VI; Maroteaux-Lamy Syndrome) Congenital mutations in ARSB 14.1 [6,7,8,9,10,11]
Multiple Sulfatase Deficiency (MSD) Congenital mutations of SUMF 14.2 [96]
Cystic Fibrosis Congenital mutations in CFTR 14.3 [39,58,83,88,89,97]
Malignancy Acquired decline in ARSB expression or activity 14.4
  Colon Increased Wnt9A 14.4.1 [30,32,34,41,98]
  Prostate Increased Wnt3A due to disinhibition of Wnt signaling; inhibition of ARSB by hormones 14.4.2 [27,28,36,37,38,42,43,71,99,100,101]
  Mammary Inhibition of ARSB by estrogen 14.4.3 [72,94]
  Melanoma Inhibition of ARSB and decline in PD-L1 14.4.4 [33,85]
  Liver Increased GPNMB and MITF 14.4.5 [14]
  Thyroid SNP in ARSB intron;
GWAS study
14.4.6 [102]
  Uterine Leiomyoma Increased ARSB in small; reduced ARSB in large 14.11 [103]
Neurological Disorders 14.5 [50,104,105,106,107,108,109,110,111,112]
  Spinal Cord Injury Treatment with recombinant ARSB; identification of increased C4S 14.5.1 [104,107]
  Nerve injury Treatment with recombinant ARSB 14.5.2 [107]
  Optic nerve injury Treatment with recombinant ARSB 14.5.2 [106,108]
  Ethanol-induced nerve injury Inhibition of ARSB; treatment with recombinant ARSB 14.5.2 [75]
  Traumatic brain injury Inhibition of ARSB by hypoxia 14.5.3 [110]
  Alzheimer’s disease SNP in ARSB intron;
Higher ARSB expression in amyloid beta-peptide resistant neurons
14.5.4 [111,112]
  Sympathetic nerve regeneration
  post myocardial infarction
Treatment by recombinant ARSB 14.9.1 [113]
Infection 14.6 [76,77,78,79,114,115,116]
  Malaria Lower
ARSB, higher C4S associated with
resistance to infection
14.6.1 [76,77,78,79]
  COVID-19 Lower ARSB and increased chondroitin sulfate by imaging 14.6.2 [114]
  Parasitic disease:
  Filariasis
  Schistosomiasis
ARSB reduced then increased in eosinophils during and after treatment;
Increased hepatic ARSB
14.6.3 [115,116]
Bone and Cartilage Disease Characteristic of MPS VI with low ARSB 14.7 [6,7,8,9,10,11,117,118,119]
  Osteoarthritis Higher ARSB intracellularly and secreted from cultured chondrocytes of osteoarthritis 14.7 [120]
  Kashin-Beck disease Higher ARSB immunostaining 14.7 [47]
Pulmonary Disease Characteristic of MPS VI with low ARSB 14.8 [6,7,8,9,10,11,121]
  Asthma Low ARSB in circulating leukocytes 14.8 [88]
  COPD unresponsive to oxygen ARSB expression and ARSB-associated SNPs in relation to response to oxygen 14.8 [122]
Cardiovascular Disease Characteristic of MPS VI with low ARSB 14.9 [6,7,8,9,10,11,123,124]
  Heart Failure Treatment with recombinant ARSB in rat model 14.9.1 [125]
  Angiotensin II-mediated Treatment with miR-154-5p to inhibit ARSB expression in mouse model 14.9.1 [126]
  Experimental Autoimmune
  Myocarditis
Inhibit CHST15 with siRNA 14.9.1 [127]
  Hypertension Lower ARSB with high salt diet 14.9.2 [31,70]
  Varicose veins and varicose
  veins with thrombophlebitis
ARSB increased 14.9.3 [128]
  Carotid atherosclerosis more
  likely to embolize
ARSB expression increased 1.15 times 14.9.3 [129]
Diabetes Reduced
ARSB in leukocytes
14.10 [80,81,82]