A synthetic peptide of link protein stimulates the biosynthesis of collagens II, IX and proteoglycan by cells of the intervertebral disc

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1202-1213

  Mwale, Fackson ^a   Demers, Caroline N ^a   Petit, Alain ^a   Roughley, Peter ^b   Poole, A Robin ^b   Steffen, Thomas ^c   Aebi, Max ^c   Antoniou, John ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collagen; Intervertebral disc; Link protein; Pellet cultures; Proteoglycan

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 2; COLLAGEN TYPE 9; DNA; LINK PROTEIN; PROTEOGLYCAN; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONTENT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; COLLAGEN TYPE II; COLLAGEN TYPE IX; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEINS; PROTEOGLYCANS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037445979     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcb.10479     Document Type: Article

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