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Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics, 2022 Keratin is one of the most important protein materials and can act as a sustainable biopolymer for manifold applications. This paper reports on a sustainable extraction method for keratin from wool fiber materials.
Sahil Goyal +5 more
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Development of Hair Keratin Protein to Accelerate Oral Mucosal Regeneration
치위생과학회지, 2023 Background: In this study, we investigated the potential use of keratin for oral tissue regeneration. Keratin is well-known for its effectiveness in skin regeneration by promoting keratinization and enhancing the elasticity and activity of fibroblasts ...
So-Yeon Kim
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, 2016 Keratins comprise the type I and type II intermediate filament-forming proteins and occur primarily in epithelial cells. They are encoded by 54 evolutionarily conserved genes (28 type I, 26 type II) and regulated in a pairwise and tissue type-, differentiation-, and context-dependent manner.
Fengrong, Wang +2 more
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Processing keratin from camel hair and cashmere with ionic liquids
eXPRESS Polymer Letters, 2019 Keratin, a fibrous protein, that is available from a variety of animal sources as a constituent of hair, nails, horns, hoofs, wool and feathers, has applications in pharmaceutics, cosmetics and as a fertilizer.
Y. J. Yang +6 more
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Structural heterogeneity of cellular K5/K14 filaments as revealed by cryo-electron microscopy
eLife, 2021 Keratin intermediate filaments are an essential and major component of the cytoskeleton in epithelial cells. They form a stable yet dynamic filamentous network extending from the nucleus to the cell periphery, which provides resistance to mechanical ...
Miriam S Weber +5 more
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Selective laser sintering responses of keratin-based bio-polymer composites
Materials & Design, 2019 Keratin-based materials have unique biological and mechanical attributes due to the protein's molecular structure and organisation. The current study evaluates the possible consolidation of keratin powders by selective laser sintering (SLS), a key ...
Sarat Singamneni +6 more
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Polymer Testing, 2022 As a natural biomaterial with outstanding properties, keratin fibres hold promising potential in many application fields. The reduction of disulphides in keratin to the corresponding thiols plays a central role e.g.
Madita Buchacher +2 more
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Analisis Edible Film dari Campuran Keratin dan Pati Jagung
Jurnal Serambi Engineering, 2018 The objectives of this research are to know the physical characteristics (water vapor transmission rate, water absorption), mechanical characteristics of edible film (maturation, tensile strength), morphology (functional group) and the edible film ...
Rina Mirdayanti +2 more
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The cortical actin cytoskeleton and desmosomes act together in keratin filament network maintenance
European Journal of Cell BiologyKeratin intermediate filaments are hallmark features of epithelial tissue differentiation forming complex cytoplasmic networks that are connected to subplasmalemmal cortical keratin filaments and anchored at desmosomal junctions.
Nicole Schwarz +2 more
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Investigation of Morphology and Photocatalytic Activities of Electrospun Chicken Feather Keratin/PLA/TiO2/Clay Nanofibers [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2020 This research has focused on the fabrication of electro spun-keratin base composite nanofiber, in order to develop the organic dye removal filters. The filters were prepared from a keratin-base material, which was extracted from chicken feathers.
Siriorn Isarankura Na Ayutthaya +1 more
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