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Elastin Mechanics

Elastin Mechanics is a biophysical framework that characterizes the nonlinear elastic behavior and resilience of elastin, the primary extracellular matrix protein responsible for tissue elasticity, under physiological and pathological mechanical loading conditions.

296

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866

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345

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2017–2026

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296

Theory of Elastic Mechanisms in Fibrous Proteins

Paul J. Flory · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1956 · 500 citations

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Molecular Model for Elastin Structure and Function

William R. Gray, Lawrence B. Sandberg, Judith Ann Foster · Nature · 1973 · 403 citations

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The elastic properties of elastin

C. A. J. Hoeve, Paul J. Flory · Biopolymers · 1974 · 318 citations

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Elastin degradation in abdominal aortic aneurysms

Juan S. Campa, R M Greenhalgh, Janet T. Powell · Atherosclerosis · 1987 · 299 citations

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Synthetic elastin hydrogels derived from massive elastic assemblies of self-organized human protein monomers

Suzanne M. Mithieux, John E.J. Rasko, Anthony S. Weiss · Biomaterials · 2004 · 241 citations

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Authors

866

  1. DW
    Dan W. Urry

    University of Alabama at Birmingham, United States

    19 publications · 1.4K citations

    17

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  2. JM
    John M. Gosline

    University of British Columbia, Canada

    21 publications · 1.2K citations

    17

    h-index

  3. MA
    M. A. Lillie

    University of British Columbia, Canada

    12 publications · 478 citations

    12

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  4. YZ
    Yanhang Zhang

    Boston University, United States

    10 publications · 708 citations

    10

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  5. AM
    Antonio Mario Tamburro

    University of Basilicata, Italy

    10 publications · 491 citations

    10

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Institutions

345

  1. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    18 h-index

    51 publications

    2.6K citations

  2. Boston University

    Boston, United States

    14 h-index

    49 publications

    2.8K citations

  3. University of Alabama at Birmingham

    Birmingham, United States

    11 h-index

    37 publications

    2.4K citations

  4. University of Basilicata

    Potenza, Italy

    11 h-index

    24 publications

    1.3K citations

  5. University of Padua

    Padua, Italy

    10 h-index

    15 publications

    536 citations

  6. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    9 h-index

    22 publications

    2.4K citations

  7. University of Utah

    Salt Lake City, United States

    7 h-index

    16 publications

    2K citations

  8. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    7 h-index

    13 publications

    740 citations

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  1. Biopolymers

    19 publications · 1.5K citations

    16

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  2. Journal of Biomechanics

    10 publications · 709 citations

    10

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  3. PubMed

    Repository · 8 publications · 315 citations

    8

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  4. Acta Biomaterialia

    8 publications · 454 citations

    8

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  5. Nature

    8 publications · 901 citations

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