| Due to the hydrophobic nature of elastin, this amorphous, cross-linked protein is insoluble in water and many organic solvents. |
| Hence, although we fix the vessel under distension, once the load is removed, the elastin will recoil and consequently have a tortuous geometry. |
| Our study underscores the importance of elastin fragmentation in the vessel wall as an accelerator of atherosclerosis. |
| Other proteins and glycoproteins such as elastin and fibronectin are also present but have not been well characterised. |
| Resilin is a member of a family of elastic proteins that includes elastin, as well as gluten, gliadin, abductin and spider silks. |
| A variety of white blood cells called neutrophils contain elastase, an enzyme that can digest elastin. |
