Conclusions: The investigators are motivated to create an alternative to synthetic polymeric fibers with the long-term goal of creating woven implants with improved biocompatibility. In addition to their use in woven implants, ECM biofibers could potentially find utility as the print material in 3-D...
Extracellular matrix (ECM) is essential for the development, maintenance and regeneration of skeletal muscle (Buck and Horwitz, 1987, Purslow, 2002). ECM is involved in the macrostructure of muscle, arranging fibers into bundles, bundles into fascicles and integrating muscle structure with aponeurosis...
Bioactivity of self-assembled hierarchical SF fibers With the hierarchical suprafibrillar structure similar to that of collagen fibers of natural extracellular matrix and good biocompatibility of SF16,29,30,31,32,33, the self-assembled SF fibers are expected to have applications in the biomedical fiel...
2.BotanyOne of the elongated, thick-walled cells that give strength and support to plant tissue. 3.Anatomy a.Any of the filaments constituting the extracellular matrix of connective tissue. b.Any of various elongated cells or threadlike structures, especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber. ...
In some ways, the extracellular matrix is ogous to concrete. The fibers of the matrix, particularly collagen, which constitutes one-third of all bodily proteins, are like the iron mesh or rods in the concrete. A. reinforced/reinforced B. reinforcing/reinforced C. reinforcing/reinforcing...
a.Any of the filaments constituting the extracellular matrix of connective tissue. b.Any of various elongated cells or threadlike structures, especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber. 4. a.A natural or synthetic filament, as of cotton or nylon, capable of being spun into yarn. ...
The extracellular matrix (ECM) can be a convenient scaffold used in tissue engineering, regenerative medicine and pharmacy. The synthetic cell matrix should imitate the natural extracellular matrix in both composition and architecture. The study examined fibrous chitosan modified with fragments of human ...
Elastic modulus also has a pivotal role in cell mechanics and affects function, dif- ferentiation, and the proliferation of muscle cells. For example, myofibroblasts have been shown to contract and secrete more extracellular matrix on a stiffer s ubstrate1, while their differentiation and ...
Elastin is a fibrous protein of the extracellular matrix of vertebrates and responsible for the elasticity and resilience of tissues27. It can be found in different organs like the lung as well as skin and tendons28. Further, it is highly abundant in ligaments and the walls of arteries, mostl...
development of the local therapy of cancer, among which electrospun nanofibrous scaffolds show great promise owing to their porous structure, relatively large surface area, high drug loading capacity, similarity with the native extracellular matrix, and possibility of the combination of various therapies....