Magnesium and connective tissue.
Magnesium (Mg2+) is the fourth most abundant cation and the second most abundant intracellular cation in vertebrates. Magnesium plays a critical role in cellular functions such as: cell adhesion via integrins on various macromolecular substrates, cell migration, DNA transcription and protein synthesis.
Laboratory of Physiopathology on non-Mineralized Tissue, Faculty of dental surgery, University René Descartes Paris V, 1 rue Maurice Arnoux, Montrouge, 92120 France.
Karim
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Senni
Alexandrine
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Foucault-Bertaud
Gaston
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Godeau
D000818:Animals; D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D004549:Elastin / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008274:Magnesium / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D011509:Proteoglycans / Q000378:metabolism
D011509:Proteoglycans; D004549:Elastin; D008274:Magnesium