α-Smooth muscle actin is expressed by fibroblastic cells of the ovine anterior cruciate ligament and its free tendon graft during remodeling

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 310-317

  Weiler, Andreas ^a   Unterhauser, Frank N ^a   Bail, Hermann J ^a   Hüning, Martin ^a   Haas, Norbert P ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; GRAFTS; IMMUNOLOGY; LIGAMENTS; TENDONS;

FIBROBLASTIC CELLS;

MUSCLE;

ALPHA ACTIN;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HEALING; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SHEEP; TENDON GRAFT;

ACHILLES TENDON; ACTINS; ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; HINDLIMB; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; SHEEP; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0036124176     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-0266(01)00109-7     Document Type: Article

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