"Microfibrils" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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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| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Microfibrils" by people in Profiles.
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Microfibril-associated protein 5 and the regulation of skin scar formation. Sci Rep. 2023 05 30; 13(1):8728.
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Skin fibroblasts of patients with geleophysic dysplasia due to FBN1 mutations have lysosomal inclusions and losartan improves their microfibril deposition defect. Mol Genet Genomic Med. 2019 09; 7(9):e844.
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Corneal stroma microfibrils. Exp Eye Res. 2015 Mar; 132:198-207.