Elastin architecture

H Vindin, SM Mithieux, AS Weiss - Matrix biology, 2019 - Elsevier
… soluble elastin-like products that often either comprised repeated elements of less than 2%
of the sequence of tropoelastin, or α- or κ-elastin obtained by partial hydrolysis of elastin

Mechanical properties and functions of elastin: an overview

H Trębacz, A Barzycka - Biomolecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
… of elastin and its role in the elasticity of soft tissues. Both the occurrence of elastin and the …
As elastin in tissues occurs only in the form of elastic fibers, the current state of knowledge …

Elastases and elastokines: elastin degradation and its significance in health and disease

A Heinz - Critical reviews in biochemistry and molecular biology, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
… slowly damage elastin over the lifetime of an organism. The destruction of elastin and the …
of human elastases and their action on human elastin, including the formation, structure and …

Elastin: structure and biology

JM Davidson - Connective tissue disease, 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
… of other types of elastin preparations. The compositional hallmarks of elastin and its soluble
… The amino acid composition of elastin is highly conserved among higher vertebrate species…

Clinical relevance of elastin in the structure and function of skin

L Baumann, EF Bernstein, AS Weiss… - … Journal Open Forum, 2021 - academic.oup.com
… the elastin/microfibril network. This review describes the clinical relevance of elastin in the
… new approaches being developed to target elastin production and elastic fiber formation. …

Elastin-like polypeptides for biomedical applications

AK Varanko, JC Su, A Chilkoti - Annual review of biomedical …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
… These biopolymers are based on the sequence of elastin, an extracellular matrix protein …
mimic elastin have been studied extensively owing to elastin's unique properties (5). Elastin's

[图书][B] Biochemistry of collagens, laminins and elastin: structure, function and biomarkers

M Karsdal - 2023 - books.google.com
… key structural proteins (collagens, laminins, and elastin), reviews on how these molecules
affect … the ECM and collagens, laminin and elastin are central players in disease modulation, …

Elastin structure, synthesis, regulatory mechanism and relationship with cardiovascular diseases

K Wang, X Meng, Z Guo - Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
elastin expression is regulated by a variety of molecules that have positive and negative
regulatory effects. However, the specific mechanism is unclear. Moreover, elastin is … of elastin in …

Recent advances in elastin-based biomaterial

MLDP Audelo, N Mendoza-Muñoz… - … of Pharmacy & …, 2020 - journals.library.ualberta.ca
… Likewise, the combination of elastin with natural or synthetic polymers has demonstrated to
… physiological functions of elastin. Moreover, we offer an overview of the use of elastin and its …

Role of elastin peptides and elastin receptor complex in metabolic and cardiovascular diseases

A Wahart, T Hocine, C Albrecht, A Henry… - The FEBS …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Elastin Receptor Complex has been shown to be a crucial actor in these processes. We
propose here the participation of these elastin-derived peptides and of the Elastin … which elastin-…