Science news articles about 'collagen fibers'

... awarded a $2 million Era of Hope Scholar Research Award to study how breast cancer cells use collagen fibers to spread, and to investigate whether the process can be predicted ...

... Rajan Eye Care Hospital, India, studied collagen crosslinking in 48 patients (60 eyes), ... then the cornea is exposed UVA light; this stimulates collagen fibers to connect to one another, or crosslink. ...

... where fats, cholesterol, blood cells, and fibers form hardened plaques on the artery wall ... potential cause of plaque rupture is the thinning of the collagen fiber cap covering the plaque. Inflammatory ...

... in patients with cardiac insufficiency contains an excess of this enzyme as well as collagen fiber (which it produces). These factors are associated with the deterioration of cardiac functions," ...

... the DNA, causing the fibers to become denser and more strongly connected. These spongy fibers resemble the collagen fiber networks of the biological extracellular matrix. They can also be knotted, ...

... dentin bonding by feeding minerals back into the collagen network. With a two year, $252,497 ... crystals and guiding them into the demineralized gaps between collagen fibers. His idea came from examining ...

... marked inhibition of tumor growth. "We found that FAP inactivation disrupts the organization of the collagen fibers which are a key component of matrix and that could be critical for many things, ...

... of activated HSC and down regulated the collagen content and expression of collagen type 1, thereby ... protect liver cells and reduce the deposition of collagen fibers in the liver. Green tea provides a ...