Versican splice variant messenger RNA expression in normal human Achilles tendon and tendinopathies

Rheumatology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 969-972

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

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Proteoglycan; Tendinopathy; Tendon; Versican

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; VERSICAN; CSPG2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; LECTIN; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATE; PROTEOGLYCAN;

ACHILLES TENDON; ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROZEN SECTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANK SUM TEST; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; RNA SPLICING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TENDON DISEASE; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; TENDINITIS; TENDON INJURY;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASE SEQUENCE; COLLAGEN TYPE I; HUMANS; LECTINS, C-TYPE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATES; PROTEOGLYCANS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING; RNA, MESSENGER; TENDINOPATHY; TENDON INJURIES; VERSICANS;

EID: 4243057336     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keh222     Document Type: Article

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