Aldosterone and Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists Modulate Elastin and Collagen Deposition in Human Skin

Thomas F. Mitts, Severa Bunda, Yanting Wang, +1

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

MechanobiologyAdrenal GlandCollagen DepositionMedicinePhysiology +6

Ellagic and Tannic Acids Protect Newly Synthesized Elastic Fibers from Premature Enzymatic Degradation in Dermal Fibroblast Cultures

Felipe Jimenez, Thomas F. Mitts, Kela Liu, +2

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Tissue EngineeringEngineeringDermal Fibroblast CulturesWound HealingBiomedical Engineering +6

Aldosterone Stimulates Elastogenesis in Cardiac Fibroblasts via Mineralocorticoid Receptor-independent Action Involving the Consecutive Activation of Gα13, c-Src, the Insulin-like Growth Factor-I Receptor, and Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase/Akt

Severa Bunda, Yanting Wang, Thomas F. Mitts, +4

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Cardiac MuscleMolecular PhysiologyMedicineAldosterone Stimulates ElastogenesisPhysiology +11

Skin biopsy analysis reveals predisposition to stretch mark formation

Thomas F. Mitts, Felipe Jimenez, Aleksander Hinek

Aesthetic Surgery Journal

Sodium l-ascorbate enhances elastic fibers deposition by fibroblasts from normal and pathologic human skin

Aleksander Hinek, Hyunjun J. Kim, Yanting Wang, +2

Journal of Dermatological Science

MechanobiologyEngineeringCutaneous BiologyPhysiologySkin Substitute +8

Proteolytic digest derived from bovine Ligamentum Nuchae stimulates deposition of new elastin-enriched matrix in cultures and transplants of human dermal fibroblasts

Aleksander Hinek, Yanting Wang, Kela Liu, +2

Journal of Dermatological Science

Regenerative MedicineTissue EngineeringHuman Dermal FibroblastsNew Elastin-enriched MatrixHuman Tissue +10

Insulin Induces Production of New Elastin in Cultures of Human Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells

Junyan Shi, Andrew Wang, Sanjana Sen, +4

American Journal Of Pathology

MechanobiologyMolecular PhysiologyInsulin Induces ProductionMedicinePhysiology +7

Synthetic ligands of the elastin receptor induce elastogenesis in human dermal fibroblasts via activation of their IGF-1 receptors

Nour Qa’aty, Matthew L. Vincent, Yanting Wang, +3

Journal of Dermatological Science

FibrosisSignal TransductionElastin ReceptorSynthetic LigandsCell-matrix Interaction +9

Classical Synthesis of and Structural Studies on a Biologically Active Heptapeptide and a Nonapeptide of Bovine Elastin

Caterina Spezzacatena, Tiziana Perri, Valeria Guantieri, +3

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Biologically Active HeptapeptidePeptide EngineeringFollowing PeptidesGlycobiologyMolecular Biology +16

Retinoblastoma Protein Modulates the Inverse Relationship between Cellular Proliferation and Elastogenesis

Sanjana Sen, Severa Bunda, Andrew Wang, +2

Journal of Biological Chemistry