Increased expression of aggrecan and biglycan mRNA in Achilles tendinopathy

Rheumatology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 291-294

  Corps, A N ^a   Robinson, A H N ^a   Movin, T ^b   Costa, M L ^a   Hazleman, B L ^a   Riley, G P ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Aggrecan; Biglycan; Proteoglycan; Tendinopathy

Indexed keywords

AGGRECAN; BIGLYCAN; DECORIN; MESSENGER RNA; RNA 18S; VERSICAN;

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGGRECANS; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LECTINS, C-TYPE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATES; PROTEOGLYCANS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RUPTURE; TENDINOPATHY; TENDON INJURIES; VERSICANS;

EID: 33644865601     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kei152     Document Type: Article

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