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Federal reserve system(finance)
Federal Reserve System(encyclopedia)
Federal Reserve System(money)
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System(money)
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System(finance)
Federal Reserve Act of 1913(finance)
Federal Reserve notes(finance)
Federal Reserve Act of 1913(money)
Federal Reserve Bank(money)

Extracellular matrix (medicine) and Federal Reserve System (money)


Extracellular matrix (medicine)


extracellular matrix


Any material produced by cells and secreted into the surrounding medium, but usually applied to the noncellular portion of animal tissues. The ecm of connective tissue is particularly extensive and the properties of the ecm determine the properties of the tissue. In broad terms there are three major components: fibrous elements particularly collagen, elastin or reticulin), link proteins (e.g. Fibronectin, laminin) and space filling molecules (usually glycosaminoglycans). The matrix may be mineralised to resist compression (as in bone) or dominated by tension resisting fibres (as in tendon). The basal lamina of epithelial cells is another commonly encountered ecm. Although ecm is produced by cells, it has recently become clear that the ecm can influence the behaviour of cells quite markedly, an important factor to consider when growing cells in vitro: removing cells from their normal environment can have far reaching effects.


Federal Reserve System (money)


Definition: [crh] The monetary authority of the US, established in 1913, and governed by the Federal Reserve Board located in Washington, D.C. The system includes 12 Definition: Federal Reserve Banks and is authorized to regulate monetary policy in the US as Definition: well as to supervise Federal Reserve member banks, bank holding companies, international operations of US banks, and US operationDefinition: s of foreign banks.