The fibrous proteins and ground substance produced by fibroblasts are what constitute the extracellular matrix (ECM), which makes up the bulk of connective tissue. The ECM has many roles within ...

β-GLUCURONIDASE, the enzyme related to cell proliferation and the formation of connective-tissue ground-substance, has been demonstrated in the basal layers of the oral mucous membrane and the ...

Adipocytes (fat cells) hold the fat in specialized connective tissue called adipose tissue. The rest of the body’s fat stores are in the spaces surrounding organs such as the liver and ...

THE absorption of the non-electrolyte urethane from subcutaneously injected solutions is depressed in mice treated with œstrogenic hormones in pharmacological doses1. This is possibly due to the ...