Connective tissue diseases are a heterogeneous group of autoimmune disorders that affect any of the body's connective tissues. These disorders can be inherited or acquired, and can present with a ...

Previously, we found that oral autologous artificial connective tissue (AACT) had a different protein secretion profile to that of clot-embedded AACT. Other oral mucosa substitutes, having different ...

Introduction. Different methods have been proposed to obtain complete and predictable coverage of exposed root surfaces. The combination of coronally advanced flap (CAF) and connective tissue graft ...

Background: Mural cells in ascending aortic aneurysms undergo phenotypic changes that promote extracellular matrix destruction and structural weakening. To explore this biology, we analyzed the ...

Braz J Med Biol Res, August 2003, Volume 36(8) 987-991. Endothelial cells, tissue factor and infectious diseases. L.M. Lopes-Bezerra 1 and S.G. Filler 2. 1 Departamento de Biologia Celular e Genética, ...

All of these chronic, connective tissue diseases can cause telangiectasia to develop on the face and on fingernail or toenail folds (where the skin meets the nail). Patients with scleroderma may also ...

Marfan syndrome is a rare genetic disorder of the connective tissue, affecting the skeleton, lungs, eyes, heart and blood vessels. The condition is caused by a defect in the gene that tells the body ...