Presence of a non-neuronal cholinergic system and occurrence of up- and down-regulation in expression of M2 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors: New aspects of importance regarding Achilles tendon tendinosis (tendinopathy)

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 331, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 385-400

  Bjur, Dennis ^a   Danielson, Patrik ^a   Alfredson, Håkan ^a   Forsgren, Sture ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Cholinergic; Human; Innervation; Muscarinic; Tendinosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CD31 ANTIGEN; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MUSCARINIC M2 RECEPTOR; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORTER; VIMENTIN;

ACHILLES TENDINITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; CELL COMMUNICATION; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTOR, MUSCARINIC M2; TENDINOPATHY; UP-REGULATION; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 38348999392     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-007-0524-1     Document Type: Article

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