Physiological extracellular matrix ... inhibitors are removed from the matrix. It is likely that other inhibitors function to prevent ECM calcification in tissues in which Mgp and Opg are not ...

Our group has explored the regeneration of soft biological tissues through cell-extracellular matrix interactions, with a focus on collagen-rich environments and fibrosis. We have developed a new ...

Classical Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (previously known as EDS type I/II) is an inheritable connective tissue disorder that involves skin, tendons, ligaments, and, in some cases, also blood vessels. Most ...

Matrix elements and fibrotic changes. Major components of the extracellular matrix (connective tissue) of the liver and the four most important changes in the fibrotic matrix. Formal pathogenesis ...

Tendons have the highest tensile strength of all connective tissue because of a high proportion of collagen in the fibres and ... as tenocytes synthesise both fibrillar and non-fibrillar components of ...

The study highlights the extracellular matrix protein 1 ... characterized by the "scarring" of the liver as liver tissue is replaced by connective tissue, leading to a progressive loss of liver ...

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