Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is expressed during articular cartilage growth and re-expressed in osteoarthritis

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 399-403

  Lingaraj, Krishna ^a   Poh, Chye K ^a   Wang, Wilson ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chondrocyte; Degeneration; Tibial plateau

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE CELL; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUINEA PIG; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TISSUE GROWTH; AGING; ANIMAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KNEE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; METABOLISM; TIBIA;

AGING; ANIMALS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CHONDROCYTES; GUINEA PIGS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KNEE JOINT; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; TIBIA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-1; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2;

EID: 77953446539     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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