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elastin metabolic process

Known as: elastin metabolism 
The chemical reactions and pathways involving elastin, a glycoprotein which is randomly coiled and crosslinked to form elastic fibers that are found… 
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Highly Cited
2015
Highly Cited
2015
Desmosine radioimmunoassay for measuring elastin degradation in vivo.
Desmosine is a cross-link amino acid unique to elastin. Previous work has shown that during turnover in the body, desmosine is… 
Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
LOXL1 deficiency in the lamina cribrosa as candidate susceptibility factor for a pseudoexfoliation-specific risk of glaucoma.
Review
2011
Review
2011
Alterations in connective tissue metabolism in stress incontinence and prolapse.
2010
2010
Alteration of Vaginal Elastin Metabolism in Women With Pelvic Organ Prolapse
OBJECTIVE: To compare elastin metabolism in the vagina of women with and without pelvic organ prolapse and to define the… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Biochemical assay of collagen and elastin in the normal and varicose vein wall.
Alterations of the connective tissue in the varicose vein wall have been noted by several investigators; however, the cause of… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Formation of intimal cushions in the ductus arteriosus as a model for vascular intimal thickening. An immunohistochemical study of changes in extracellular matrix components.
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Collagen and elastin metabolism in hypertensive pulmonary arteries of rats.
We evaluated the processes controlling the accumulation of collagen and elastin in main pulmonary arteries of rats during an… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Elastin production in human skin fibroblast cultures and its decline with age.
Recent studies have established that cultured human skin fibroblasts secrete the soluble precursor of elastin, tropoelastin (TE… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to quantitate the elastin crosslink desmosine in tissue and urine samples.
1967
1967
Collagen and elastin metabolism in the lungs, skin, and bones of adult rats.
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