Sentence examples for matrix and connective from inspiring English sources
Periostin, a matricellular protein associated with remodeling of the extracellular matrix and connective tissue architecture, is emerging in pathological conditions associated with fibrosis in adult life.
When the fossilized bone was treated over several weeks to remove mineral content from the fossilized bone-marrow cavity (a process called demineralization), Schweitzer found evidence of intact structures such as blood vessels, bone matrix, and connective tissue (bone fibers).
As an extracellular bacterium, the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi resides primarily in the extracellular matrix and connective tissues and between host cells during mammalian infection, where decorin and glycosaminoglycans are abundantly found, so its interactions with these host ligands potentially affect various aspects of infection.
Collagen type I is an important protein in the mineralisation matrix and connective tissue.
Cancer invasion and metastasis require degradation of the extracellular matrix and connective tissues surrounding the tumor.
Four AC were identified for the down-regulated gene-list (Table 5) with the first three of these all grouping terms related to cell division and cell cycle functions, while the fourth cluster represented terms related to extracellular matrix and connective tissue development.
These proteases may disintegrate the extra-cellular matrix and connectives.
Matrix metalloproteinases are a family of more than 20 structurally related, zinc-containing enzymes that degrade the extracellular matrix (ECM) and connective tissue proteins.
The in situ creation of a biological matrix by human fibroblasts together with the ability to produce growth factor TGF-β1 and the intracellular signal transduction molecule RhoA, suggests that this kind of PVA/gelatine sponge may represent a suitable support for in vitro extracellular matrix production and connective tissue regeneration.
B. burgdorferi resides primarily in the extracellular matrix (ECM) and connective tissues and between host cells during mammalian infection, where proteoglycans are abundantly found.
TFPI-2 is a serine protease inhibitor that directly and indirectly regulates matrix proteolysis and connective tissue turnover [ 59].
