Elastic fibers in the aortic valve spongiosa: A fresh perspective on its structure and role in overall tissue function

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2101-2108

  Tseng, H ^a   Grande Allen, K J ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic valve; Elastic fibers; Immunohistochemistry; Material behavior; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; ELASTICITY; ELASTIN; FIBERS; GLYCOPROTEINS; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

AORTIC VALVES; ELASTIC FIBER STRUCTURE; ELASTIC FIBRES; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MATERIAL BEHAVIOUR; MIDDLE LAYER; OUTER LAYER; PROTEOGLYCANS; TISSUE FUNCTION;

SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; PROTEOGLYCAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; ELASTIC FIBER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MITRAL VALVE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 79953906198     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2011.01.022     Document Type: Article

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