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Tropoelastin is an asymmetric 20-nm-long protein molecule whose molecular features and biological interactions are essential for human tissue elasticity and hold value in tissue repair.
This overview highlights the molecular features and biological interactions of tropoelastin, emphasizing its essential role in human tissue elasticity and potential value in tissue repair.
May guide elastic biomaterial design; leaves clinical translation in tissue repair open pending trials.
The elasticity of a range of vertebrate and particularly human tissues depends on the dynamic and persistent protein elastin. This elasticity is diverse, and comprises skin, blood vessels, and lung, and is essential for tissue viability. Elastin is predominantly made by assembling tropoelastin, which is an asymmetric 20-nm-long protein molecule. This overview considers tropoelastin’s molecular features and biological interactions in the context of its value in tissue repair.
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Anthony S. Weiss (2016) conducted a review in Tissue elasticity and repair. Tropoelastin was evaluated. Tropoelastin is an asymmetric 20-nm-long protein molecule whose molecular features and biological interactions are essential for human tissue elasticity and hold value in tissue repair.
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