Collagen, connective tissue

UV-B causes sunburn, but UV-A damages collagen (connective tissue) and blood vessels, causing aging effects such as wrinkled skin. 

Kuboki Y, Okuguchi M, Takita H, Kimura M, Tsuzaki M, Takakura A, Tsunazawa S, Sakiyama F and Hirano H (1993) Amino-terminal location of pyridinoline in dentin collagen. Connect Tissue Res 29, 99-110. 

Yamauchi M and Katz EP (1993) The post-translational chemistry and molecular packing of mineralizing tendon collagens. Connect Tissue Res 29, 81-98. 

Description of the lattice fibres and their demarcation by elastic fibre and collagenous connective tissue by A. Oppel. 

Striated skeletal muscle fibers are bound together by collagenous connective tissue to form individual muscles. The connective tissue covering a muscle is known as the epimysium. This forms a resilient elastic sheath covering that separates the muscle from surrounding structures such as tendons and bone. 

Pavlin, D., Zadro, R., and Gluhak-Heinrich, J. (2001) Temporal pattern of stimulation of osteoblast-associated genes during mechanically-induced osteogenesis. In vivo. Early Responses of Osteocalcin and Type 1 Collagen. Connective Tissue Research 42(2), 135-148. 

The cause of scleroderma is unknown. It belongs to a larger group of diseases sometimes classed as collagen diseases. In scleroderma, the changes in the skin and internal organs seem to be due to the overproduction of collagen—connective tissue. 

Vitamin C is important for the production of collagen, connective tissue and protein fibres that give strength to our teeth and gums, muscles, blood vessels and skin. In the immune... 

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