The fibrillin microfibril scaffold: A niche for growth factors and mechanosensation?

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The fibrillins, large extracellular matrix molecules, are polymerized to form "microfibrils." The fibrillin microfibril scaffold is populated by microfibril-associated proteins and by growth factors, which are likely to be latent. The scaffold, associated proteins, and bound growth factors, together with cellular receptors that can sense the microfibril matrix, constitute the fibrillin microenvironment....

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