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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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Fibrillin Assembly Requires Fibronectin [PDF]
Fibrillins constitute the major backbone of multifunctional microfibrils in elastic and nonelastic extracellular matrices. Proper assembly mechanisms are central to the formation and function of these microfibrils, and their properties are often compromised in pathological circumstances such as in Marfan syndrome and in other fibrillinopathies.
Laetitia, Sabatier +7 more
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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.
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 +2 more
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Fibrillin microfibrils in bone physiology [PDF]
The severe skeletal abnormalities associated with Marfan syndrome (MFS) and congenital contractural arachnodactyly (CCA) underscore the notion that fibrillin assemblies (microfibrils and elastic fibers) play a critical role in bone formation and function in spite of representing a low abundance component of skeletal matrices.
Silvia, Smaldone, Francesco, Ramirez
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Fibrillines et fibrillinopathies [PDF]
Microfibrils contain a variety of proteins, the most prominent of which are the two fibrillins. Fibrillins are large glycoproteins (320 kDa) ubiquitously distributed in connective tissues. Together with amorphous elastin, fibrillin-containing microfibrils form the elastic fibers.
Collod-Beroud, Gwenaëlle +1 more
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Assembly of Epithelial Cell Fibrillins [PDF]
Fibrillins are large structural macromolecules that are components of connective tissue microfibrils. Fibrillin microfibrils have been found in association with basement membranes, where microfibrils appear to insert directly into the lamina densa.
Karaman-Jurukovska, Nevena +6 more
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"Computational Analysis of the Effect of fbn1 Gene Mutations in the Marfan Syndrome" [PDF]
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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A patient with pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis carrying a novel fibrillin-2 gene variant
Pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis is a recently recognized clinical entity characterized by interstitial pneumonia with proliferating elastin in the upper lung regions. Pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis is categorized as idiopathic or reported depending on
Kouko Hidaka +7 more
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Secreted a disintegrin-like and metalloprotease with thrombospondin type 1 motif (ADAMTS) proteases play crucial roles in tissue development and homeostasis.
Stylianos Z. Karoulias +3 more
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