Open AccessFibulin-5 for youthful skin
Author(s) -
Ruth Williams
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the journal of cell biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.414
H-Index - 380
eISSN - 1540-8140
pISSN - 0021-9525
DOI - 10.1083/jcb.1767iti5
Subject(s) - fibulin , biology , elasticity (physics) , anatomy , microbiology and biotechnology , materials science , composite material , extracellular matrix
![][1] Fibulin-5 (red) promotes elastic fiber (green) development to keep skin springy.A loss of tissue elasticity leads to wrinkles and more serious age-related problems, such as emphysema and vascular defects. On page [1061][2], Hirai et al. report that youthful elastic fibers are
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