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elastin catabolic process

Known as: elastin breakdown, elastin catabolism, elastin degradation 
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of elastin. Elastin is a glycoprotein which is randomly coiled and crosslinked to form… 
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2017
2017
The Paraoxonase Gene Cluster Protects Against Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Formation
Objective— Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a life-threatening vascular pathology, the pathogenesis of which is closely related… 
1999
1999
The kinetics of elastolysis: elastin catabolism during experimentally induced fibrosis.
Lung injury and matrix destruction result in the release into the circulation of desmosine, a product of elastin catabolism. To… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Time course of neutrophil and macrophage elastinolytic activities in cigarette smoke-induced emphysema.
The aim of this study was to compare the time course of neutrophil and macrophage elastinolytic potentials in the lungs of rats… 
1998
1998
Elastin degradation in the superficial temporal arteries of patients with intracranial aneurysms reflects changes in plasma elastase.
OBJECTIVE: alpha 1-Antitrypsin (AAT) and alpha 2-macroglobulin (AMG) are elastase inhibitors that bind the enzyme and reduce… 
1998
1998
Amlodipine potentiates metalloproteinase activity and accelerates elastin degradation in a model of aneurysmal disease.
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Role of plasminogen activator in degradation of extracellular matrix protein by live human alveolar macrophages.
Recent evidence indicates that human alveolar macrophages can degrade purified elastin in vitro by a cell contact-dependent… 
1987
1987
Damage and repair of lung connective tissue in rats exposed to toxic levels of oxygen.
We studied damage and repair of lung connective tissue in rats exposed to toxic amounts of oxygen by measuring lung content of… 
1987
1987
High-performance liquid chromatographic quantitation of desmosine plus isodesmosine in elastin and whole tissue hydrolysates.
1984
1984
Effect of neutrophil cathepsin G on elastin degradation by neutrophil elastase.
Human neutrophil cathepsin G was found to be unable to significantly stimulate the degradation of either bovine or human elastin… 
1970
1970
Sequential degradation and phagocytosis of heterologous elastin.
Subcutaneous and peritoneal implantation of heterologous elastin in rats was investigated (Papajiannis et al., 1970… 
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