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Fibrillin-1 Regulates Arteriole Integrity in the Retina

Biomolecules, 2022
Fibrillin-1 is an extracellular matrix protein that assembles into microfibrils that provide critical functions in large blood vessels and other tissues.
Florian Alonso, Ling Li, Isabelle Fremaux, Dieter Peter Reinhardt, Elisabeth Génot   +4 more
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Is There a Relationship Between Pelvic Organ Prolapse and Tissue Fibrillin-1 Levels? [PDF]

International Neurourology Journal, 2015
Purpose: Pelvic organ prolapse is a multifactorial disorder in which extracellular matrix defects are implicated. Fibrillin-1 level is reduced in stress urinary incontinence.
Ayla Eser, Eylem Unlubilgin, Fatih Hizli, Muradiye Acar, Zeynep Kamalak, Aydin Kosus, Nermin Kosus, Deniz Hizli, Esra Gunduz   +8 more
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Contrast-Enhanced Tissue Processing of Fibrillin-Rich Elastic Fibres for 3D Visualization by Volume Scanning Electron Microscopy

Methods and Protocols, 2021
Elastic fibres constitute an important component of the extracellular matrix and currently are the subject of intensive study in order to elucidate their assembly, function and involvement in cell–matrix interactions and disease.
Philip N. Lewis, Robert D. Young, R. B. Souza, Andrew J. Quantock, Keith M. Meek   +4 more
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Fibrillin and the eye [PDF]

British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2000
The glycoprotein fibrillin is the principal component of the ciliary zonule and has an important role in the strength and elasticity of ocular connective tissues. Fibrillin polymers form the structural scaffold of extensible microfibrils1-3 which are present in ocular elastic tissues and are arranged in parallel bundles to form the zonular fibres.4 ...
J L, Ashworth, C M, Kielty, D, McLeod
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Role of fibrilins in human cancer: A narrative review

Health Science Reports, 2023
Background Fibrillin is one of the extracellular matrix glycoproteins and participates in forming microfibrils found in many connective tissues. The microfibrils enable the elasticity and stretching properties of the ligaments and support connective ...
Mahsa Mahdizadehi, Marie Saghaeian Jazi, Seyyed Mostafa Mir, Seyyed Mehdi Jafari   +3 more
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Autosomal Recessive Cutis Laxa 1C Mutations Disrupt the Structure and Interactions of Latent TGFβ Binding Protein-4

Frontiers in Genetics, 2021
Latent TGFβ binding protein-4 (LTBP4) is a multi-domain glycoprotein, essential for regulating the extracellular bioavailability of TGFβ and assembly of elastic fibre proteins, fibrillin-1 and tropoelastin.
Yasmene F. Alanazi, Michael P. Lockhart-Cairns, Stuart A. Cain, Thomas A. Jowitt, Anthony S. Weiss, Anthony S. Weiss, Anthony S. Weiss, Clair Baldock   +7 more
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A Pan-Transcriptome Analysis Indicates Efficient Downregulation of the FIB Genes Plays a Critical Role in the Response of Alfalfa to Cold Stress

Plants, 2022
Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) is a perennial forage legume that is widely distributed throughout the world, and cold stress is an important environmental factor limiting the growth and production of alfalfa in cold regions. However, little is known of the
Xueqi Zhang, Huanhuan Yang, Manman Li, Yan Bai, Chao Chen, Donglin Guo, Changhong Guo, Yongjun Shu   +7 more
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Late spontaneous bilateral intraocular lens subluxation accompanied with intraocular pressure elevation in a patient with acromegaly

Taiwan Journal of Ophthalmology, 2020
A 53-year-old male with newly diagnosed acromegaly came to our clinic with the chief complaint of diplopia. He had the past ocular history of uneventful phacoemulsification cataract surgery with intraocular lens (IOL) implantation in the right eye 17 ...
Yin-Hsi Chang, San-Ni Chen
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The evolution of extracellular fibrillins and their functional domains.

PLoS ONE, 2012
Fibrillins constitute the major backbone of multifunctional microfibrils in elastic and non-elastic extracellular matrices, and are known to interact with several binding partners including tropoelastin and integrins.
Adam Piha-Gossack, Wayne Sossin, Dieter P Reinhardt   +2 more
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"Computational Analysis of the Effect of fbn1 Gene Mutations in the Marfan Syndrome" [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2004
Fibrillin is a large glycoprotein synthesized in the tissues involved in Marfan syndrome, and known to be involved in tissue elasticity. The syndrome is corresponded to fbn1 gene and is characterized by cardiovascular, ocular, and skeletal abnormalities.
H Mohabatkar
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