An extracellular matrix part that consists of an insoluble core of polymerized tropoelastin monomers and a surrounding mantle of microfibrils.
1The lungs were removed and examined for defects in elastin fiber formation.
2Elastin fiber density is unchanged in the glaucomatous nerve heads that we studied.
3PGS nanofibers are an inexpensive and synthetic material that mimics the chemical and mechanical environment provided by elastin fibers.
4Its normal circulating concentration functions to maintain the elasticity of the lung by preventing the hydrolytic destruction of elastin fibers.
5It may also partly be due to an increase of elastin fibers in the dermis through the stimulation of fibroblast activity.
Translations for elastin fiber