"Microfibrils" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Components of the extracellular matrix consisting primarily of fibrillin. They are essential for the integrity of elastic fibers.
| Descriptor ID |
D020894
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A11.284.295.310.560
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Microfibrils" by people in Profiles.
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DeDreu J, Bowen CJ, Logan CM, Pal-Ghosh S, Parlanti P, Stepp MA, Menko AS. An immune response to the avascular lens following wounding of the cornea involves ciliary zonule fibrils. FASEB J. 2020 07; 34(7):9316-9336.
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Pan TC, Zhang RZ, Markova D, Arita M, Zhang Y, Bogdanovich S, Khurana TS, B?nnemann CG, Birk DE, Chu ML. COL6A3 protein deficiency in mice leads to muscle and tendon defects similar to human collagen VI congenital muscular dystrophy. J Biol Chem. 2013 May 17; 288(20):14320-14331.
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Uitto J, Li Q, Urban Z. The complexity of elastic fibre biogenesis in the skin--a perspective to the clinical heterogeneity of cutis laxa. Exp Dermatol. 2013 Feb; 22(2):88-92.
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Ono RN, Sengle G, Charbonneau NL, Carlberg V, B?chinger HP, Sasaki T, Lee-Arteaga S, Zilberberg L, Rifkin DB, Ramirez F, Chu ML, Sakai LY. Latent transforming growth factor beta-binding proteins and fibulins compete for fibrillin-1 and exhibit exquisite specificities in binding sites. J Biol Chem. 2009 Jun 19; 284(25):16872-16881.
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R?hland C, Sch?nherr E, Robenek H, Hansen U, Iozzo RV, Bruckner P, Seidler DG. The glycosaminoglycan chain of decorin plays an important role in collagen fibril formation at the early stages of fibrillogenesis. FEBS J. 2007 Aug; 274(16):4246-55.
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Steplewski A, Hintze V, Fertala A. Molecular basis of organization of collagen fibrils. J Struct Biol. 2007 Feb; 157(2):297-307.