0 a protein found especially in the joints (= places where two bones are connected) of humans and animals --
Invertebrate collagens : isolation, characterization and phylogenetic aspects.
They are highly ordered c o m p o s i t e materials consisting of collagens, proteoglycans and various glycoproteins, many of which have been poorly characterised.
Additionally, the monolayer on mixed collagens formed rapidly.
A limitation (and obvious next step) to this study is that we do not have independent information about the integrity of the collagen matrix.
All of the collagen-immunized mice had swollen and red paws and ankle joints within 3 days after lipopolysaccharide injection.
When the skin biopsy was performed, patients were not receiving any treatment known to influence collagen synthesis or deposition.
Another example of an induced model is collagen-induced arthritis, which has been used to study rheumatoid arthritis.
The protein was described as possessing the highly conserved structural domains of all vertebrate and invertebrate collagens.
