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ELASTIN

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A fibrous scleroprotein found in elastic tissues such as the walls of arteries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("elastin" is a kind of...):

albuminoid; scleroprotein (a simple protein found in horny and cartilaginous tissues and in the lens of the eye)

Holonyms ("elastin" is a substance of...):

elastic tissue (connective tissue consisting chiefly of elastic fibers found in the dermis of the skin and in the walls of veins and arteries and in some tendons and ligaments)

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 Context examples: 

A type of connective tissue composed of chondrocytes and an extracellular matrix, composed of collagen, elastin, and ground substance.

(Cartilage, NCI Thesaurus)

Tissue characterized by a thick, random arrangement of collagen and elastin fibers with very few cells.

(Irregular Dense Connective Tissue, NCI Thesaurus)

A heterogeneous group of disorders, some hereditary, others acquired, characterized by abnormal structure or function of one or more of the elements of connective tissue, i.e., collagen, elastin, or the mucopolysaccharides.

(Connective Tissue Disorder, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

This species is nonmotile, catalase and urease positive, acid-fast, oxidase negative, hydrolyzes casein, elastin, esculin, hypoxanthine, testosterone, and tyrosine, but not xanthine, produces acid phosphatase, and reduces nitrate.

(Nocardia brasiliensis, NCI Thesaurus)

A type of connective tissue consisting of an outer mantel of microfibrils and an amorphous elastin inner core capable of repetitive cycles of extension and recoil.

(Elastic Fiber, NCI Thesaurus)

An immunohistochemical technique to detect elastin, a polymeric protein found in the connective tissue that imparts the property of elasticity to vertebrate elastic tissue.

(Elastin Staining Method, NCI Thesaurus)

The researchers wanted to find out what triggers the formation of calcium phosphate crystals, and why it seems to be concentrated around the collagen and elastin which makes up much of the artery wall.

(Cause of hardening of the arteries – and potential treatment – identified, University of Cambridge)

This species is nonmotile, non-spore forming, catalase and urease positive, reduces nitrate, does not produce acid phosphatase, hydrolyzes esculin and testosterone, but not casein, elastin, hypoxanthine, tyrosine, and xanthine, and produces a mycelium and aerial hyphae that fragments into coccoid elements.

(Nocardia farcinica, NCI Thesaurus)

Elastin Microfibril Interface Located Protein, encoded by the human EMILIN gene, is an extracellular matrix glycoprotein found between amorphous elastin and microfibrils.

(Elastin Microfibril Interfacer 1, NCI Thesaurus)

IDPs are instrumental to cellular function, and many biomedical engineers have concentrated their efforts on an extremely useful IDP called elastin.

(Biomaterial Artificial Protein Helps Heal Tissue, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)