Molecular crowding of collagen: a pathway to produce highly-organized collagenous structures

作者: Nima Saeidi , Kathryn P. Karmelek , Jeffrey A. Paten , Ramin Zareian , Elaine DiMasi

DOI: 10.1016/J.BIOMATERIALS.2012.06.041

关键词: BiophysicsConnective tissueNanotechnologyType I collagenExtracellular matrixMaterials scienceFibrilProcess (anatomy)Matrix (biology)Macromolecular SubstancesTissue engineering

摘要: … molecular crowding and confinement on the self-assembly and organization of collagen fibrils. The crowding … (self-crowding or unimolecular crowding) or in open, but crowded solutions …

参考文章(66)
D. E. Birk, S. Chakravarti, J. R. Hassell, J. V. Jester, J. Paul, W. M. Petroll, Jonathan H. Lass, Corneal Opacity in Lumican-Null Mice: Defects in Collagen Fibril Structure and Packing in the Posterior Stroma Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. ,vol. 41, pp. 3365- 3373 ,(2000)
Elizabeth D. Hay, Jean-Paul Revel, Fine Structure of the Developing Avian Cornea ,(1969)
Kelly A Soules, Brian A Link, Morphogenesis of the anterior segment in the zebrafish eye BMC Developmental Biology. ,vol. 5, pp. 12- 12 ,(2005) , 10.1186/1471-213X-5-12
D E Birk, E Zycband, Assembly of the tendon extracellular matrix during development. Journal of Anatomy. ,vol. 184, pp. 457- 463 ,(1994)
P Cuneo, E Magri, A Verzola, E Grazi, 'Macromolecular crowding' is a primary factor in the organization of the cytoskeleton. Biochemical Journal. ,vol. 281, pp. 507- 512 ,(1992) , 10.1042/BJ2810507
A. Mogilner, G. Oster, Cell motility driven by actin polymerization Biophysical Journal. ,vol. 71, pp. 3030- 3045 ,(1996) , 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79496-1
Karl Kadler, Matrix loading: Assembly of extracellular matrix collagen fibrils during embryogenesis. Birth Defects Research Part C-embryo Today-reviews. ,vol. 72, pp. 1- 11 ,(2004) , 10.1002/BDRC.20002