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Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2016 Tendons among connective tissue, mainly collagen, contain also elastic fibres made of fibrillin 1, fibrillin 2 and elastin that are broadly distributed in tendons and represent 1-2% of the dried mass of the tendon.
Betti Giusti, Guglielmina Pepe
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Processing of the Fibrillin-1 Carboxyl-terminal Domain [PDF]
Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1999 To investigate the processing and general properties of the fibrillin-1 carboxyl-terminal domain, three protein expression constructs have been developed as follows: one without the domain, one with the domain, and one with a mutation near the putative proteolytic processing site.
T M, Ritty +4 more
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Physiological Reports, 2019 Fibrillin‐1 mutations cause pathological changes in connective tissue that constitute the complex phenotype of Marfan syndrome. In this study, we used fibrillin‐1 hypomorphic and haploinsufficient mice (Fbn1mgr/mgR and Fbn1+/− mice, respectively) to ...
Peter H. T. Tran +9 more
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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 +2 more
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Effects of Fibrillin-1 Degradation on Microfibril Ultrastructure [PDF]
Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2007 Current models of the elastic properties and structural organization of fibrillin-containing microfibrils are based primarily on microscopic analyses of microfibrils liberated from connective tissues after digestion with crude collagenase. Results presented here demonstrate that this digestion resulted in the cleavage of fibrillin-1 and loss of ...
Chiu-Liang, Kuo +7 more
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Extracellular matrix and vascular dynamics in the kidney of a murine model for Marfan syndrome.
PLoS ONE, 2023 Fibrillin-1 is a pivotal structural component of the kidney's glomerulus and peritubular tissue. Mutations in the fibrillin-1 gene result in Marfan syndrome (MFS), an autosomal dominant disease of the connective tissue.
Rodrigo Barbosa de Souza +8 more
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PLoS ONE, 2012 The extracellular glycoprotein fibrillin-1 forms microfibrils that act as the template for elastic fibers. Most mutations in fibrillin-1 cause Marfan syndrome with severe cardiovascular and ocular symptoms, and tall stature.
Stuart A Cain +4 more
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Processing and assembly of fibrillin‐1
International Journal of Experimental Pathology, 2000 Fibrillins are extracellular matrix proteins of ˜350 kD. They have a complex multidomain structure and are the major components of microfibrillar structures in both elastic and nonelastic tissues (Sakai et al. 1986; Kielty & Shuttleworth 1995). Mutations in the FBN-1 gene cause Marfan Syndrome, which is a heritable connective tissue disease with an ...
Matthew J. Rock +2 more
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Ca2+-dependent Interface Formation in Fibrillin-1 [PDF]
Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2005 The calcium-binding epidermal growth factor-like (cbEGF) domain is a common structural motif in extracellular and transmembrane proteins. K(d) values for Ca2+ vary from the millimolar to nanomolar range; however the molecular basis for this variation is poorly understood.
Jensen, SA +4 more
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, 2023 Marfan syndrome (MFS) is an autosomal dominant connective tissue disorder caused by mutation in fibrillin-1 (FBN1). However, the molecular mechanism underlying MFS remains poorly understood. The study aimed to explore how the L-type calcium channel (CaV1.
Yongfeng Shao (4183711) +7 more
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