Collagen Fibers, Reticular Fibers and Elastic Fibers. A Comprehensive Understanding from a Morphological Viewpoint.

FABRICATION OF CARBON FIBERS FROM COMMERCIAL WET SPIN POLYACRYLONITRILE FIBERS

Carbon fibers are fabricated from different materials such as special polyacrylonitrile (PAN) fibers, cellulose fibers and pitch. But PAN fibers are recognized as the most widely used precursor for the present-day manufacture of carbon fibers. The process of fabrication carbon fibers from special PAN fibers is composed of two steps including oxidative stabilization at low temperature and carbon...

Elastic Fibers in Flows

Gum Tragacanth Fibers Introducing Primitive GT Fibers (RESEARCH NOTE)

In this research, a method for producing gum tragacanth (GT) fibers is presented. Ribbon type GT of Astragalus Gummifer species were obtained from local production lands. The gum was treated with alkali to increase its process ability, and allowed to stand for a period of time to reach the proper viscosity and/or to "ripen". Samples with different ripening times were prepared and their viscosit...

Myocardial fibrosis refers to excessive accumulation of collagen fibers in the heart that results from upregulated collagen fibers or altered components of collagen fibers

Although it is well known that isoproterenol (ISO) causes myocardial hypertrophy and myocardial fibrosis in rats, it has remained elusive whether heat shock factor 1 (HSF1) has a role in this process. The present study aimed to investigate the possible roles of HSF1 in ISO-induced fibrosis in mice. It was found that after administration of ISO in Kunming and HSF1-/+ mice, there was a large numb...

Collagen and reticular fibers in left ventricular muscle in diabetic rats: physical exercise prevents its changes?

Diabetic cardiomyopathy contributes to the high incidence of mortality in both types of diabetes. We aimed to investigate the histochemical aspects of collagen and reticular fibers in the cardiac muscle and evaluate the influence of physical exercise on these aspects. Wistar rats were divided in 4 groups: sedentary control (SC), trained control (TC), sedentary diabetic (SD) and trained diabetic...