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RESEARCH PRODUCT
Effect of Prolonged Physical Training on the Development of Connective Tissues in Growing Mice
A. KiiskinenE. Heikkinensubject
Muscle tissueBasement membranePathologymedicine.medical_specialtybiologyChemistryCartilageConnective tissueSkeletal muscleMuscle hypertrophyGlycosaminoglycanmedicine.anatomical_structuremedicinebiology.proteinElastindescription
A rapid progress has taken place in the field of connective tissue chemistry during recent years. The structure and metabolism of collagen, elastin, glycosaminoglycans and pro-. teoglycans of different connective tissues have been extensively investigated. One of the main observations has been that large differences exist between various connective tissues [12]. For example, four different forms of collagen have been identified. The collagens in bone, cartilage, skin and basement membrane have either different amino acid composition in the a-chains or contain one or two similar a-chains in the triple helix. The scope of the connective tissue research has been extended also to skeletal muscle. Some recent findings suggest that the synthesis of connective and muscle tissue components are closely related to each other e.g. in the development of work-induced experimental muscle hypertrophy both in skeletal [16, 27] and heart [19] muscles.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975-01-01 |