Mechanical force modulates scleraxis expression in bioartificial tendons

Journal of Musculoskeletal Neuronal Interactions

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 124-132

  Scott, A ^a   Danielson, P ^b   Abraham, T ^c   Fong, G ^a   Sampaio, A V ^a   Underhill, T M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c The James Hogg iCAPTURE Centre for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mechanotransduction; Tendinopathy; Tenocyte

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; SCLERAXIS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOARTIFICIAL ORGAN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INDUCTION; IN VITRO STUDY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANICAL TORSION; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MESENCHYME CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; STATIC ELECTRICITY; TENDON; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BIOARTIFICIAL ORGANS; CELL LINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PHENOTYPE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENDONS;

EID: 79958021493     PISSN: 11087161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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