AT the present time an increasing amount of attention is being directed to the non-collagenous proteins in connective tissues. Like collagen, these proteins are associated with polysaccharides in the ...
Annie Heremans, Bernadette Van Der Schueren, Benny De Cock, Mats Paulsson, Jean-Jacques Cassiman, Herman Van Den Berghe and Guido David Cultured human lung fibroblasts produce a large, nonhydrophobic ...
This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Explants of fetal rat sensory ganglia, cultured under conditions allowing axon and Schwann cell outgrowth in the absence of fibroblasts, ...
A new 3D connective tissue model gives researchers a sophisticated tool to understand the underlying mechanisms of connective tissue disorders and test potential treatments. To find treatments for ...
University researchers have developed a new connective tissue model to study disorders like fibrosis, a type of scarring that occurs when damage to the body causes normal tissue to be replaced by hard ...
With the support of the Pamela and David Ott Fund and the John M. O'Quinn Foundation, The Pamela and David Ott Center of Excellence in Heritable Disorders of Connective Tissue and Ehlers-Danlos ...
A connective tissue protein known to support the framework of organs also encourages immune responses that fight bacterial infections, while restraining responses that can be deadly in the condition ...
Water makes up around 60% of the human body. More than half of this water is inside the cells that make up organs and tissues, and much of the remaining water flows in the spaces between cells. MIT ...