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Proteolysis of fibrillin-2 microfibrils is essential for normal skeletal development
eLife, 2022 The embryonic extracellular matrix (ECM) undergoes transition to mature ECM as development progresses, yet few mechanisms ensuring ECM proteostasis during this period are known.
Timothy J Mead +10 more
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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 +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.
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Fibrillin Assembly Requires Fibronectin [PDF]
Molecular Biology of the Cell, 2008 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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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 ...
Cay M. Kielty +2 more
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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 +3 more
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Fibrillines et fibrillinopathies [PDF]
médecine/sciences, 1996 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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Fibrillin: from microfibril assembly to biomechanical function [PDF]
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences, 2002 Fibrillins form the structural framework of a unique and essential class of extracellular microfibrils that endow dynamic connective tissues with long–range elasticity. Their biological importance is emphasized by the linkage of fibrillin mutations to Marfan syndrome and related connective tissue disorders, which are associated with severe ...
Cay M. Kielty +5 more
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Assembly of Epithelial Cell Fibrillins [PDF]
Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 2001 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.
Nevena Karaman-Jurukovska +6 more
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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
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