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Influence of aging on dermal elastin fiber architecture and skin firmness assessed by finite element modeling

Scientific Reports
Skin firmness and elasticity are largely determined by the dermal extracellular matrix, particularly the elastin fiber network. Age-related degradation of elastin alters its architecture, contributing to diminished skin resilience.
Fei Jiang, Takeshi Tohgasaki, Mayuko Kami, Ryota Sanuki, Yuya Nakata, Shinya Kondo, Xian Chen   +6 more
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Elastin in the Liver

Frontiers in Physiology, 2016
A characteristic feature of liver cirrhosis is the accumulation of large amounts of connective tissue with the prevailing content of type I collagen. Elastin is a minor connective tissue component in normal liver but it is actively synthesized by hepatic
Jiri Kanta
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Advances in Plant-Derived Scaffold Proteins

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2020
Scaffold proteins form critical biomatrices that support cell adhesion and proliferation for regenerative medicine and drug screening. The increasing demand for such applications urges solutions for cost effective and sustainable supplies of ...
Congyue Annie Peng, Lukasz Kozubowski, William R. Marcotte   +2 more
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Gold Nanorods in Cardiac Millitissues: Assessing Mechanical and Contractile Dynamics in a Living Engineering Myocardium Model

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This study presents a novel platform for assessing the active mechanical behavior of living cardiac microbundles through localized nanoindentation, integrated with temperature regulation and dual‐camera imaging systems. The developed system enables quantitative evaluation of dynamic micromechanics in engineered cardiac tissues in vitro, offering ...
Lihua Lou, Lia Paolino, Alberto Sesena Rubfiaro, Jin He, Arvind Agarwal   +4 more
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Production of the main celiac disease autoantigen by transient expression in Nicotiana benthamiana [PDF]

, 2015
Celiac Disease (CD) is a gluten sensitive enteropathy that remains widely undiagnosed and implementation of massive screening tests is needed to reduce the long term complications associated to untreated CD.
Acevedo, Gonzalo Raúl, Bayardo, Mariela Paula, Chirdo, Fernando Gabriel, Marin Viegas, Vanesa Soledad, Petruccelli, Silvana   +4 more
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Ovarian Matrisome Dynamics and αvβ3‐Mediated Regulation in Early Follicular Development

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
The matrisome undergoes dynamic remodeling during early follicular development. Integrin αvβ3 mediates matrisome signals, regulating primordial follicle activation/atresia and secondary follicle growth via Hippo/mTOR pathways, with conserved roles in human ovaries, offering therapeutic targets for ovarian disorders.
Tong Wu, Yanzhi Feng, Qingqing Zhu, Ting Jiang, Yueyue Gao, Kebing Nie, Xianan Tang, Ying Chen, Dianxing Hu, Xudan Yang, Shixuan Wang, Meng Wu, Jinjin Zhang   +12 more
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Biology and Biomechanics of the Heart Valve Extracellular Matrix

Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease, 2020
Heart valves are dynamic structures that, in the average human, open and close over 100,000 times per day, and 3 × 109 times per lifetime to maintain unidirectional blood flow.
Karthik M. Kodigepalli, Kaitlyn Thatcher, Toni West, Daniel P. Howsmon, Frederick J. Schoen, Michael S. Sacks, Christopher K. Breuer, Joy Lincoln   +7 more
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Arteriogenesis versus angiogenesis: similarities and differences [PDF]

, 2007
Cardiovascular diseases account for more than half of total mortality before the age of 75 in industrialized countries. To develop therapies promoting the compensatory growth of blood vessels could be superior to palliative surgical surgical ...
Eitenmüller, Inka, Heil, Matthias, Schaper, Wolfgang, Schmitz-Rixen, Thomas   +3 more
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Fibroblast Activation Protein Promotes Thoracic Aortic Dissection via PLAUR/ITGB1‐Mediated Pro‐inflammatory Macrophage Polarization

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study reveals that FAP promotes thoracic aortic dissection (TAD) through a nonenzymatic mechanism involving fibroblast‐macrophage crosstalk via the FAP/PLAUR/ITGB1/FAK axis. Targeting this pathway might offer a promising therapeutic strategy for TAD.
Hongqiao Zhu, Jianlie Wu, Ziyi Xu, Yifei Pei, Zaiping Jing, Jian Zhou, Rui Feng, Junjun Liu   +7 more
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Expression of extracellular matrix protein in advanced keratoconus and the normal human cornea

Frontiers in Medicine
BackgroundThe pre-Descemet layer (Dua’s layer) (PDL/DL) and the Descemet membrane (DM) have the highest expression of elastin in normal corneas. Reduced expression of elastin occurs in the corneal stroma of patients with keratoconus (KC).
Fatima Habroosh, Fatima Habroosh, Perla Filippini, Ahmed Al Saadi, Shady Soliman, Burcin Kepez Yildiz, Burcin Kepez Yildiz, Prity Sahay, Dalia G. Said, Dalia G. Said, Harminder S. Dua   +10 more
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