Elastic fibres are an important component of the extracellular matrix and are made of two
major components: the more abundant cross‐linked elastic protein elastin and the multi …

Elastin, the protein responsible for the elastic properties of vertebrate tissues, has been
thought to be solely restricted to that role. As a consequence, elastin was conventionally …

Elastic fibers provide recoil to tissues that undergo repeated stretch, such as the large
arteries and lung. These large extracellular matrix (ECM) structures contain numerous …

The discovery of copper, following that of gold and silver, goes back to the post glacial
epoch in southwestern Asia, espe cially the semi-arid regions of Central Anatolia and Iran …

• Introduction• ECM: composition and structure‐Collagen‐Laminin‐Fibronectin‐Elastin‐
Nidogen‐Glycosaminoglycans‐Perlecan‐Syndecans‐Receptors for ECM molecules• …

The fact that elastin peptides, the degradation products of the extracellular matrix protein
elastin, are chemotactic for numerous cell types, promote cell cycle progression and induce …

Elastin preparations from intimal layers and the media of normal and atherosclerotic human
aortae were analyzed for protein and lipid content. In atherosclerotic aortae, elastin from …

LYSYL OXIDASE IS the enzyme that initiates the biosynthesis of cross-links in collagen and
elastin by catalyzing the oxidative deami nation of the€-amino groups of certain lysyl and …

For more than two decades investigators around the world, in both academic and industrial
institutions, have been developing inhibitors of human neutrophil elastase. A number of very …

The alignment of elastin molecules in the mature elastic fiber was investigated by purifying
and sequencing cross-link-containing peptides generated by proteolytic digestion of …