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International Journal of Nanomedicine, 2018 Yong-yun Zhu,1 Chuang Chen,2 Juan-Juan Li,2 Sheng-Rong Sun2 1Department of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, Wuhu Second People’s Hospital, Wuhu, Anhui 24100, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Renmin Hospital ...
Zhu YY, Chen C, Li JJ, Sun SR
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Collagen IV of basement membranes: IV. Adaptive mechanism of collagen IV scaffold assembly in Drosophila. [PDF]
J Biol Chem, 2023 Collagen IV is an essential structural protein in all metazoans. It provides a scaffold for the assembly of basement membranes, a specialized form of extracellular matrix, which anchors and signals cells and provides microscale tensile strength ...
Summers JA +6 more
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Computational models of assembly, structure and damage to collagen IV networks [PDF]
, 2022 Collagen IV networks play a key structural role in the human ocular lens capsule. However, their structure is not well understood, and is hypothesised to undergo significant changes over a lifetime, resulting in a loss of ability to accommodate different
Bailey, Matthew
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Expression of extracellular matrix components in the meibomian gland
Frontiers in Medicine, 2022 PurposeExtracellular matrix (ECM) is a key component of the stem cell local microenvironment. Our study aims to explore the periglandular distribution of major components of ECM in the Meibomian gland (MG).MethodsHuman eyelids and mouse eyelids were ...
Di Chen +5 more
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, 2022 Disease-causing variants in COL4A3-5 are associated with type-IV-collagen-related nephropathy, a genetically and phenotypically multifaceted disorder comprising Alport syndrome (AS) and thin basement membrane nephropathy (TBMN) and autosomal, X-linked ...
Roman Günthner (8435811) +19 more
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Missing Internal Limiting Membrane during Macular Hole Repair in Alport Syndrome
Case Reports in Ophthalmology, 2021 The aim of this manuscript is to describe a novel retinal finding of Alport syndrome during surgical management of an associated macular hole. A retrospective chart review of a 65-year-old man with a diagnosis of Alport syndrome confirmed by renal biopsy
Sarah G. Chaudhry +2 more
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Characterisation of collagen-derived biomaterials [PDF]
, 2009 This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University on 22 May 2009.One of the main problems in healthcare is the loss or failure of organs or tissues resulting from diseases, post-surgery complications ...
de Castro Bras, Lisandra
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Increase in types IV and VI collagen in cherry haemangiomas [PDF]
, 1992 The capillaries in cherry haemangiomas show perivascular hyalinized sheaths. In order to clarify the nature of this sheath material, the extracellular matrix of cherry haemangiomas from 20 normal volunteers (age range 30-64 years) was investigated using ...
Tamm, Ernst R. +3 more
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Type IV collagen reduces MUC5AC secretion in the lungs of ovalbumin-sensitized mice
Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022 Mucin 5AC (MUC5AC) is excessively secreted in the respiratory tract of patients with asthma. Suppressing this secretion is important for improving the air passages, which facilitates easy breathing.
Jun Iwashita +3 more
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Immunohistochemical localization of collagen types I and VI in human skin wounds [PDF]
, 1996 A total of 74 human skin wounds were investigated and collagen types I and VI were localized in the wound area by immunohistochemistry. Collagen type I appeared in the form of ramifying string-like structures after approximately 5–6 days, but positive ...
Penning, R. +5 more
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