[From connective tissue to the extracellular matrix. Apropos of the 30th birthday of the Foundation of the French Society of Connective Tissue].
The origin of the foundation of the French Connective Tissue Society is briefly described since its foundation in 1963 after the 1st international colloquium organized on this topic in France in 1962 as well as the recent history of this discipline, leading to the foundation of the Federation of European Connective Tissue Societies in 1967-1968. The rapid increase of our knowledge concerning the four major families of macromolecules, collagens, elastin, proteoglycans and structural glycoproteins will be discussed by colleagues who contributed to these fields over the last three decades. Some of the recent contributions of our laboratory, the 1st in France entirely devoted to this discipline are also described, such as the identification of the elastin receptor and the mechanism of interaction between cells and elastic fibers.
Laboratoire de Biologie du Tissu Conjonctif, URA CNRS 1460, Faculté de Médecine, Créteil.
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D000818:Animals; D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000737:chemistry*; D004549:Elastin / Q000378:metabolism; D005109:Extracellular Matrix / Q000737:chemistry*; D005582:Foundations; D005602:France; D049673:History, 20th Century; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000266:history
D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D004549:Elastin
Du tissu conjonctif à la matrice extracellulaire. A propos du 30e anniversaire de la Fondation de la Société Française du Tissu Conjonctif.