FIBROBLASTS CREATE COMPARTMENTS IN THE EXTRACELLULAR-SPACE WHERE COLLAGEN POLYMERIZES INTO FIBRILS AND FIBRILS ASSOCIATE INTO BUNDLES
FIBROBLASTS CREATE COMPARTMENTS IN THE EXTRACELLULAR-SPACE WHERE COLLAGEN POLYMERIZES INTO FIBRILS AND FIBRILS ASSOCIATE INTO BUNDLES
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1749-6632.1985.tb51173.x
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发表时间:
1985-12-30
影响因子:
5.2
通讯作者:
TRELSTAD, RL
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作者:
BIRK, DE;TRELSTAD, RL
Morphogenesis is a complex process involving interactions between matrix components (matrix-matrix), interactions between matrix and cells (matrix-cell), and interactions between cells themselves (cell-cell). In each of these general categories of interactions, the mechanisms at a molecular level might be quite similar. For example, the interactions of hyaluronate with itself when relatively free in the extracellular space may be quite similar, in molecular interaction terms, to those interactions of hyaluronate bound to the cell surfaces of opposed cells in a cell-to-cell interaction.’In like manner, the interactions of cells with their substratum, as when fibronectin on the cell surface interacts with substrate-localized collagen, may be quite similar in molecular terms to those interactions of fibronectin and collagen which occur in the absence of cells?The factors which regulate the myriad aggregated forms assumed by the collagens, proteoglycans, elastin, and glycoproteins derive from intramolecular, intermolecular, and extramolecular forces. The intramolecular forces result from molecular properties intrinsic to the macromolecule which are dictated by the sequential arrangement of amino acids and associated carbohydrate side chains. These intramolecular properties are the principal determinants of molecular size and shape and can be closely related to genetic information. Intermolecular associative forces derive from the size, shape, charge, and hydrophobic properties of the molecules. Intermolecular interactions may also involve enzymatic processing with consequent changes in the size, shape, charge