Sometimes, to move forward, it is necessary to look back. Collagen type I is one of the most
commonly used biomaterials in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. There are a …

Collagen is most abundant in animal tissues as very long fibrils with a characteristic axial
periodic structure. The fibrils provide the major biomechanical scaffold for cell attachment …

Type I collagen is the most abundant protein in humans, and it helps to maintain the integrity
of many tissues via its interactions with cell surfaces, other extracellular matrix molecules …

A revised morphological model for the crimp structure of tendon is presented. The 300–500
μ diameter tendons of the mature rat tail are comprised of from one to more than ten …

The superficial epidermis is a stratified epithelium largely composed of keratinocytes that are
formed by division of cells in the basal layer, and give rise to several distinguishable layers …

Polymorphism1-7 in the chemical sense of the word* is a phenomenon of the solid state,
associated with the structure of the solid. It has proved difficult to define precisely although …

Connective tissues (eg skin, tendon, blood vessels, etc.) are systems of insoluble fibrils and
soluble polymers which evolved to take the stresses of movement and the maintenance of …

The glomerular basement membrane was subjected to digestion with specific enzymes to
determine the chemical nature (sialoglycoproteins, collagenous peptides, or …

BIOLOGICAL fibres make a suitable subject for the development of the science of
biomaterials. The amino-acid sequence of the collagen molecule is known1, 2, and has …

Rat tail tendon was stained with a cationic phthalocyanin dye, Cupromeronic Blue, in a
'critical-electrolyte-concentration'method [Scott (1980) Biochem. J. 187, 887-891] specifically …