Possible roles of CTGF/Hcs24 in the initiation and development of ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament

Spine

Volumn 27, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 1852-1857

  Yamamoto, Yuji ^a   Furukawa, Ken Ichi ^a   Ueyama, Kazumasa ^a   Nakanishi, Tohru ^b   Takigawa, Masaharu ^b   Harata, Seiko ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CTGF Hcs24; Ectopic bone formation; Endochondral ossification; Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTIBODY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN HCS24; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DISPLAY; ECTOPIC TISSUE; ENCHONDRAL OSSIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; CALCINOSIS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHONDROCYTES; FEMALE; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

EID: 0036714389     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200209010-00009     Document Type: Article

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