Ultrastructural immunolocalization of cartilage oligomeric matrix protein, thrombospondin-4, and collagen fibril size in rodent Achilles tendon in relation to exercise

Connective Tissue Research

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 254-262

  Södersten, Fredrik ^a   Ekman, Stina ^a   Niehoff, Anja ^b   Zaucke, Frank ^c   Heinegård, Dick ^d   Hultenby, Kjell ^e  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

COMP; Exercise; Rodent; Tendon; TSP 4

Indexed keywords

CARTILAGE OLIGOMERIC MATRIX PROTEIN; COLLAGEN FIBRIL; THROMBOSPONDIN; THROMBOSPONDIN 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXERCISE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RUNNING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMALS; CARTILAGE; COLLAGEN; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; GLYCOPROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THROMBOSPONDINS;

RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 34648843343     PISSN: 03008207     EISSN: 16078438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03008200701587505     Document Type: Article

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