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ArticleBioMed research international2017

Nonuniform Internal Structure of Fibrin Fibers: Protein Density and Bond Density Strongly Decrease with Increasing Diameter.

Wei Li, Justin Sigley, Stephen R Baker, Christine C Helms, Mary T Kinney, Marlien Pieters, Peter H Brubaker, Roger Cubcciotti, Martin Guthold

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Article in BioMed research international, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. What is the diameter of a fibrin fiber?Research and practice in thrombosis and haemostasis · 2023
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  13. Biomechanical origins of inherent tension in fibrin networks.Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials · 2022
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  19. Fibrinogen and Fibrin.Sub-cellular biochemistry · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Wei LiDepartment of Physics, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109, USA.
Justin SigleyDepartment of Physics, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109, USA.
Stephen R BakerLeeds Institute of Cardiovascular & Metabolic Medicine, The LIGHT Laboratories, University of Leeds, Clarendon Way, Leeds LS2 9NL, UK.
Christine C HelmsDepartment of Physics, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA 23173, USA.
Mary T KinneyDepartment of Physics, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109, USA.
Marlien PietersCentre of Excellence for Nutrition, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-2849-6370
Peter H BrubakerDepartment of Health & Exercise Science, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109, USA.
Roger CubcciottiNanoMedica, LLC, Biotech Place, 575 Patterson Ave, Winston-Salem, NC 27101, USA.
Martin GutholdDepartment of Physics, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4177-6115
Wake Forest University · USNanoMedica (United States) · USNorth-West University · ZAUniversity of Leeds · GBUniversity of Richmond · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The major structural component of a blood clot is a meshwork of fibrin fibers. It has long been thought that the internal structure of fibrin fibers is homogeneous; that is, the protein density and the bond density between protofibrils are uniform and do not depend on fiber diameter. We performed experiments to investigate the internal structure of fibrin fibers. We formed fibrin fibers with fluorescently labeled fibrinogen and determined the light intensity of a fiber,

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AdultElastic ModulusFemaleFibrinFibrinogenFluorescenceFluorescent DyesHumansMaleMiddle AgedQuinolinium CompoundsAlexa fluor 546FibrinFibrinogenFluorescent DyesQuinolinium Compounds

Identifiers

PMID29130043
PMCPMC5654258
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