Age and the Fibrous Proteins of the Human Lung
- 1 January 1961
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Gerontology
- Vol. 5 (3), 150-157
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000211051
Abstract
Aging affects the relation of elastin to collagen in the lungs from Caucasian males. The evidence strongly suggests an increasing copolymerization of these two fibrous proteins. Such changes would cause a reduction in the elastic properties of the lung.Keywords
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