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