A new study reveals how collagen plays a crucial role in worsening Type 2 diabetes. While insulin and amylin hormones work ...

In a recent study by IIT Bombay, collagen may have a role to play in making your Type 2 diabetes worse. Type 2 diabetes, ...

Collagen, which is considered as a key component for healthy skin may be worsening your type 2 diabetes. Read what the new ...

Figure 1. Major components of the extracellular matrix (connective tissue) of the liver and the four most important targets of changes of the fibrotic matrix.

Scientists have found a novel way that includes a new lab-grown material that could help slow and even reverse some of the ...

What Is Elastin? Elastin is a naturally occurring, stable protein in the extracellular matrix (ECM) that provides resilience and elasticity to vital organs in the human body.

Abstract Hereditary connective tissue disorders include more than 200 conditions affecting different organs and tissues, compromising the biological role of the extracellular matrix through ...

Abstract Hereditary connective tissue disorders include more than 200 conditions affecting different organs and tissues, compromising the biological role of the extracellular matrix through ...

Article citations More>> Halper, J. and Kjaer, M. (2014) Basic Components of Connective Tissues and Extracellular Matrix: Elastin, Fibrillin, Fibulins, Fibrinogen, Fibronectin, Laminin, Tenascins and ...

Keywords: extracellular matrix, heritable disorders of connective tissue, connective tissue, collagen, proteoglycans (PG), fibrillin (FBN) Citation: Malfait F, Forlino A, Sengle G and Van Agtmael T ...

The extracellular matrix is a network of proteins and other molecules in the space between cells that help connect tissues together, and it is particularly important in cartilage and other connective ...

A characteristic feature of bone, differentiating it from other connective tissues, is the mineralized extracellular matrix (ECM). Mineral accounts for the majority of the bone tissue volume, being ...