Pregnancy induces complex changes in the pattern of mRNA expression in knee ligaments of the adolescent rabbit

Matrix Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-34

  Hart, David A ^a   Sciore, Paul ^a   Boykiw, Raymond ^a   Reno, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Gene expression in pregnancy; Medial collateral ligament; Molecular biology of ligaments; Pregnancy and ligament biology

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; BIGLYCAN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; COLLAGENASE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; CYTOKINE; DECORIN; ENDOTHELIN 1; GROWTH FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; PROTEINASE; PROTEOGLYCAN; SOMATOMEDIN C; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; UROKINASE; VERSICAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; JOINT LAXITY; KNEE LIGAMENT; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0031950403     PISSN: 0945053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0945-053X(98)90122-6     Document Type: Article

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