Differential regulation of gene expression in isolated tendon fascicles exposed to cyclic tensile strain in vitro

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 506-512

  Maeda, Eijiro ^a   Shelton, Julia C ^a   Bader, Dan L ^a   Lee, David A ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cyclic strain; Mechanobiology; Metabolism

Indexed keywords

BIGLYCAN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; COLLAGENASE 3; DECORIN; MESSENGER RNA; STROMELYSIN; MMP13 PROTEIN, RAT; PROTEOGLYCAN; SCLEROPROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSICAL STRESS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; TENDON; TENOCYTE; ANIMAL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; IN VITRO STUDY; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; TAIL; TIME; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; COLLAGEN TYPE I; COLLAGEN TYPE III; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MALE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 13; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 3; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; PROTEOGLYCANS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TAIL; TENDONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 61949335124     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.90981.2008     Document Type: Article

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