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The nature and biology of basement membranes.

Matrix biology : journal of the International Society for Matrix Biology - 1 Jan 2017

Pozzi Ambra, Yurchenco Peter D, Iozzo Renato V

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Basement membranes are delicate, nanoscale and pliable sheets of extracellular matrices that often act as linings or partitions in organisms. Previously considered as passive scaffolds segregating polarized cells, such as epithelial or endothelial cells, from the underlying mesenchyme, basement membranes have now reached the center stage of biology. They play a multitude of roles from blood filtration to muscle...

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PMID: 28040522
DOI: 10.1016/j.matbio.2016.12.009
PMCID: PMC5387862

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