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Extracellular Matrix of Echinoderms
Marine Drugs, 2023 This review considers available data on the composition of the extracellular matrix (ECM) in echinoderms. The connective tissue in these animals has a rather complex organization. It includes a wide range of structural ECM proteins, as well as various proteases and their inhibitors. Members of almost all major groups of collagens, various glycoproteins,
Igor Yu. Dolmatov +1 more
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Extracellular Vesicles as Regulators of the Extracellular Matrix
Bioengineering, 2023 Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are small membrane-bound vesicles secreted into the extracellular space by all cell types. EVs transfer their cargo which includes nucleic acids, proteins, and lipids to facilitate cell-to-cell communication. As EVs are released and move from parent to recipient cell, EVs interact with the extracellular matrix (ECM) which ...
Neil J. Patel +2 more
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FEBS Letters, 1990 A succinct overview of recent results on the biochemistry of extracellular matrix (ECM) is presented. The rapid expansion of this discipline over the best decades renders impossible to give an even approximately complete coverage of matrix biology. Some selected results concerning the four major families of macromolecules composing the ECM, that is ...
Labat-Robert, J. +2 more
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The extracellular matrix in development [PDF]
Development, 2020 ABSTRACT As the crucial non-cellular component of tissues, the extracellular matrix (ECM) provides both physical support and signaling regulation to cells. Some ECM molecules provide a fibrillar environment around cells, while others provide a sheet-like basement membrane scaffold beneath epithelial cells.
David A. Cruz Walma, Kenneth M. Yamada
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The Evolution of Extracellular Matrix [PDF]
Molecular Biology of the Cell, 2010 We present a perspective on the molecular evolution of the extracellular matrix (ECM) in metazoa that draws on research publications and data from sequenced genomes and expressed sequence tag libraries. ECM components do not function in isolation, and the biological ECM system or “adhesome” also depends on posttranslational processing enzymes, cell ...
Özbek, S +4 more
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Extracellular matrixes and neuroinflammation
BMB Reports, 2020 The extracellular matrix is a critical component of every human tissue. ECM not only functions as a structural component but also regulates a variety of cellular processes such as cell migration, differentiation, proliferation, and cell death. In addition, current studies suggest that ECM is critical for the pathophysiology of various human diseases ...
Jang, Dong Gil +4 more
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Extracellular Matrix (ECM) [PDF]
, 2012 The region of space at the periphery of cyanobacterial cells is the interface between the environment and intracellular processes. This metaspace may include a structure appressed to the outer wall and membrane, such as an extracellular polysaccharide (EPS), a structural and/or physiological discontinuity in the control of flow metabolites, as well as ...
Helm R.F., Potts M.
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Understanding the extracellular matrix [PDF]
Journal of Periodontal & Implant Science, 2013 Tissue engineering deals with the growth and regeneration techniques of connective tissues or organs from a combination of cells and a scaffold to produce a functional organ. The engineering techniques therefore begin with an implantation of artificial materials, providing a proper environment for cells or tissues to be grown and functionalized.
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The extracellular matrix at a glance [PDF]
Journal of Cell Science, 2010 ![Figure][1] The extracellular matrix (ECM) is the non-cellular component present within all tissues and organs, and provides not only essential physical scaffolding for the cellular constituents but also initiates crucial biochemical and biomechanical cues that are required for ...
Christian Frantz +2 more
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Extracellular matrix composition in COPD [PDF]
European Respiratory Journal, 2012 Extracellular matrix (ECM) composition has an important role in determining airway structure. We postulated that ECM lung composition of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients differs from that observed in smoking and nonsmoking subjects without airflow obstruction.We determined the fractional areas of elastic fibres, type-I, -III and ...
Annoni, R. +13 more
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