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Bioactive Materials, 2023 Cardiac extracellular matrices (ECM) play crucial functional roles in cardiac biomechanics. Previous studies have mainly focused on collagen, the major structural ECM in heart wall. The role of elastin in cardiac mechanics, however, is poorly understood.
Xiaodan Shi +15 more
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Respiratory Research, 2021 Background Elastin degradation has been established as one of the driving factors of emphysema. Elastin-derived peptides (EDPs) are shown to act as a chemoattractant for monocytes.
Vaideesh Parasaram +3 more
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Comparisons of the effects of silk elastin and collagen sponges on wound healing in murine models
Regenerative Therapy, 2023 Introductions: Silk elastin, a recombinant protein with repeats of elastin and silk fibroin, possesses a self-gelling ability and is a potential wound dressing material.
Eiichi Sawaragi +9 more
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The effect of static stretch on elastin degradation in arteries. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Previously we have shown that gradual changes in the structure of elastin during an elastase treatment can lead to important transition stages in the mechanical behavior of arteries.
Ming-Jay Chow +3 more
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European Journal of Breast Health, 2022 Objective:The stiffness of a breast lesion provides information on the likelihood of malignancy. The most important factor affecting this stiffness is the composition of the extracellular matrix (ECM).
Nurşen Toprak +4 more
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Elastin Fiber Accumulation in Liver Correlates with the Development of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 The fibrosis stage, which is evaluated by the distribution pattern of collagen fibers, is a major predictor for the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) for patients with hepatitis C.
Yutaka Yasui +19 more
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Scientific Reports, 2021 The aim of this study was to investigate the merits of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) using an elastin-binding contrast agent after myocardial infarction in mouse models with deletions of monocyte populations.
Britta Elkenhans +4 more
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Marine Drugs, 2021 While electrospun chitosan membranes modified to retain nanofibrous morphology have shown promise for use in guided bone regeneration applications in in vitro and in vivo studies, their mechanical tear strengths are lower than commercial collagen ...
Hengjie Su +2 more
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Molecular Therapy: Nucleic Acids, 2018 Elastin is one of the most important and abundant extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins that provide elasticity and resilience to tissues and organs, including vascular walls, ligaments, skin, and lung.
Mario Lescan +14 more
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Recent Advances in Elastin-Based Biomaterial
Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2020 Elastin is one of the main components of the extracellular matrix; it provides resistance and elasticity to a variety of tissues and organs of the human body, besides participating in cellular signaling.
María Luisa Del Prado Audelo +7 more
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