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Connective Tissue

Connective Tissue is one of the four basic tissue types in animals that is characterized by cells dispersed within an abundant extracellular matrix of fibers and ground substance, by which it serves primarily to support, connect, and integrate other tissues and organs.

13.2K

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Connective Tissues

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Picrosirius staining plus polarization microscopy, a specific method for collagen detection in tissue sections

L. C. U. Junqueira, G. Bignolas · The Histochemical Journal · 1979 · 2.6K citations

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Dedifferentiated chondrocytes reexpress the differentiated collagen phenotype when cultured in agarose gels

Paul D. Benya · Cell · 1982 · 2.3K citations

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On the Absorption of Fluids from the Connective Tissue Spaces

E. H. Starling · The Journal of Physiology · 1896 · 2.1K citations

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Spontaneous calcification of arteries and cartilage in mice lacking matrix GLA protein

Guangbin Luo, Patricia Ducy, Marc D. McKee et al. · Nature · 1997 · 2.1K citations

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Production of a tissue-like structure by contraction of collagen lattices by human fibroblasts of different proliferative potential in vitro.

Eugene Bell, Bodil Ivarsson, Charlotte Merrill · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1979 · 2.1K citations · Full text

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Authors

32.9K

  1. RT
    Rupert Timpl

    Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Germany

    86 publications · 8.4K citations

    46

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  2. AJ
    Allen J. Bailey

    University of Bristol, United Kingdom

    78 publications · 6.5K citations

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  3. DJ
    Darwin J. Prockop

    Jefferson Institute, United States

    51 publications · 6.1K citations

    38

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  4. DR
    Douglas R. Keene

    Shriners Hospitals for Children - Portland, United States

    38 publications · 6.2K citations

    35

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  5. JG
    Jerome Gross

    Massachusetts General Hospital, United States

    39 publications · 3.6K citations

    33

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Institutions

4.8K

  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    88 h-index

    738 publications

    73.9K citations

  2. Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, United States

    65 h-index

    375 publications

    35K citations

  3. Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

    Martinsried, Germany

    64 h-index

    352 publications

    36K citations

  4. National Institutes of Health

    Bethesda, United States

    64 h-index

    386 publications

    36.8K citations

  5. University of Manchester

    Manchester, United Kingdom

    62 h-index

    544 publications

    36.4K citations

  6. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    56 h-index

    634 publications

    39K citations

  7. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    56 h-index

    352 publications

    32.3K citations

  8. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

    New Brunswick, United States

    53 h-index

    262 publications

    30.6K citations

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  1. Journal of Biological Chemistry

    JBC · 348 publications · 35.2K citations

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  2. PubMed

    Repository · 1.2K publications · 54.7K citations

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  3. The Journal of Cell Biology

    JCB · 148 publications · 29.6K citations

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  4. Biomaterials

    142 publications · 15.1K citations

    70

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  5. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 82 publications · 13K citations

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