Peptides, as versatile biological molecules, have garnered significant attention in scientific research due to their ...

Quantitative and qualitative changes in matrix protease activity play an important role in ECM remodeling accompanying fibrosing liver injury (see section on Extracellular Matrix Degradation ...

Atherosclerosis involves multiple processes including endothelial dysfunction, inflammation, vascular proliferation and matrix alteration. Vascular proliferation contributes to the pathobiology of ...

Growth, bone density, histology and fracture number are important outcome parameters, but are not simple to measure accurately and reproducibly in children with severe OI. For example, using ...

This vascular deficiency correlated with the presence of a dense stromal matrix that is a prominent histological ... of the cellular components within the stroma, such as activated fibroblasts, ...