An extracellular matrix part that consists of an insoluble core of polymerized tropoelastin monomers and a surrounding mantle of microfibrils.
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Examples for "elastic fiber "
1 This produces an elastic fiber intermediate in stiffness between twine and whalebone.
2 Fibulin-4 is an extracellular matrix protein essential for elastic fiber formation.
3 The functional relationship between ABCC6 and elastic fiber calcification is unknown.
4 Mechanical forces associated with cell movement help shape the forming, extracellular elastic fiber network.
5 Direct binding of the drug to collagen precursors also affects elastic fiber assemblage and maturation.
1 Still there is an age-dependent increase of elastic fibre surface density, mostly due to an alteration of the fibres.
2 Any number of these are strung at pleasure upon the long elastic fibre that traverses the branches of the cocoanut tree.
3 Taken together, we conclude that domains 16-17 are important for self-association of tropoelastin and elastic fibre formation.
4 Heterozygote carriers had changes in dermal elastic fibre organization, morphology and labelling midway between those seen in PXE skin and normal skin.
5 This study is the first to discover that domains of elastin play an essential role in elastic fibre formation by facilitating homotypic interactions.
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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