Action of Tropoelastin and Synthetic Elastin Sequences on Vascular Tone and on Free Ca 2+ Level in Human Vascular Endothelial Cells
- 23 February 1998
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation Research
- Vol. 82 (3) , 328-336
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.res.82.3.328
Abstract
—The elastic properties of extensible tissues such as arteries and skin are mainly due to the presence of elastic fibers whose major component is the extracellular matrix protein elastin. P...Keywords
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