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Control of Elastin Synthesis

Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 1982
mRNA was isolated from the thoracic aortas of 16-day chick embryos and used to synthesize blunt-ended heteroduplex molecules consisting of one strand of mRNA and one of cDNA using AMV reverse transcriptase and S1 nuclease. The duplexes were tailed with dCTP and hybridized to the plasmid pBR322 which had been restricted with Pst I and tailed with dGTP ...
William Burnett, Joel Rosenbloom, Alice Finnigan-Bunick, Kyonggeun Yoon   +3 more
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Microfluidic Production of Ultrathin, Handleable Collagen Sheets Exhibiting Toe‐heel Tensile Behavior

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This study presents a microfluidic wet spinning technique for producing ultrathin, templated collagen sheets with hierarchical organization at the microscale. The aligned collagen sheets replicate strain‐stiffening behavior associated with native cardiovascular tissues, sup cell attachment and contraction, and enable biofabrication of load‐bearing ...
Yuming Zhang, Shashi Malladi, Bangan Wang, Dong Ok Son, Boris Hinz, Elliot L. Chaikof, Axel Günther   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

2H and 13C NMR studies on the temperature-dependent water and protein dynamics in hydrated elastin, myoglobin and collagen

, 2009
2H NMR spin-lattice relaxation and line-shape analyses are performed to study the temperature-dependent dynamics of water in the hydration shells of myoglobin, elastin, and ...
Herbers, C. R., Lusceac, S. A., Vogel, M.   +2 more
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Differing calcification processes in cultured vascular smooth muscle cells and osteoblasts [PDF]

, 2019
© 2019 Published by Elsevier Inc.Arterial medial calcification (AMC) is the deposition of calcium phosphate mineral, often as hydroxyapatite, inthe medial layer of the arteries.
Arnett, Timothy R, Bourne, Lucie E, Davies, Bethan K, MacRae, Vicky E, Orriss, Isabel R, Patel, Jessal, Wheeler-Jones, Caroline P D   +6 more
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Adaptive Elastin‐Like Hydrogel with Unidirectional and Controllable Anisotropic Actuation for Soft Robotics and Tissue Engineering

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Fiber‐reinforced elastin‐like tubular scaffolds are engineered to achieve anisotropic and reversible actuation under external stimuli. By adjusting fiber's angle, actuation behavior is finely tuned, enabling distinct actuation responses, even within different regions of the same scaffold.
Federica Sallustio, Amanda Schmidt, Ikram El Maachi, Alexander Greenhalgh, Martin Frydrych, Stefan Jockenhoevel, José Carlos Rodríguez‐Cabello, Alicia Fernández‐Colino   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Artificial Extracellular Matrix Proteins Containing Phenylalanine Analogues Biosynthesized in Bacteria Using T7 Expression System and the PEGylation [PDF]

, 2011
In vivo incorporation of phenylalanine (Phe) analogues into an artificial extracellular matrix protein (aECM-CS5-ELF) was accomplished using a bacterial expression host that harbors the mutant phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase (PheRS) with an enlarged binding
Furukawa, Yuya, Higuchi, Masahiro, Ito, Akihiro, Kinoshita, Takatoshi, Kondo, Shiori, Kwon, Inchan, Takasu, Akinori   +6 more
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Mechanochemistry: Fundamental Principles and Applications

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
In this review, the physicochemical principles of mechanochemistry are first clarified. Based on this foundation, the research basis and cutting‐edge scientific achievements in four areas are introduced: solid‐state organic chemistry, polymers, interface science, and biomechanochemistry.
Liang Dong, Luofei Li, Huiyan Chen, Yi Cao, Hai Lei   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

TGFβ (transforming growth factor-β) blockade induces a human-like disease in a nondissecting mouse model of abdominal aortic aneurysm [PDF]

, 2017
Objective-Current experimental models of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) do not accurately reproduce the major features of human AAA. We hypothesized that blockade of TGF beta (transforming growth factor-beta) activity-a guardian of vascular integrity ...
Clément, Marc, Esposito, Bruno, Finigan, Alison, Lareyre, Fabien, Mallat, Ziad, Master, Leanne, Patel, Meghana, Pohlod, Stefanie, Raffort, Juliette, Stergiopulos, Nikolaos, Taleb, Soraya, Trachet, Bram, Vandestienne, Marie   +12 more
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IRF8 Drives Conventional Type 1 Dendritic Cell Differentiation and CD8+ T Cell Activation to Aggravate Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Development

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study highlights the critical role of IRF8 in the development of AAA. IRF8 activation promotes the differentiation of cDC1s, which in turn recruit and activate CD8+ T cells, contributing to aortic wall degradation. The study identifies the IRF8‐cDC1‐CD8+ T cell axis as a key pathway in AAA progression, offering new potential therapeutic targets to
Zhen Yuan, Li Shu, Yidan Zheng, Yidong Wang, Mengsha Zheng, Jie Sun, Jiantao Fu, Zihao Zhou, Shen Song, Zhenjie Liu, Fei Li, Zhejun Cai   +11 more
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Engineered Hydrogels for Organoid Models of Human Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is characterized by lipid accumulation and extracellular matrix stiffening. An in vitro NAFLD model is developed using engineered hydrogels (G′ ≈ 1–6 kPa) and iPSC‐derived hepatic organoids. It is demonstrated that higher stiffness can increase lipid droplet accumulation, fibrosis, and metabolic dysregulation ...
Yueming Liu, Aidan E. Gilchrist, Patrik K. Johansson, Yuan Guan, Jaydon D. Deras, Yu‐Chung Liu, Sofia Ceva, Michelle S. Huang, Renato S. Navarro, Annika Enejder, Gary Peltz, Sarah C. Heilshorn   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source