Direct conversion of tenocytes into chondrocytes by Sox9

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 318, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 1492-1507

  Takimoto, Aki ^a   Oro, Miwa ^a   Hiraki, Yuji ^a   Shukunami, Chisa ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chondrocytes; Scx; Sox9; Tenocytes; Tenomodulin

Indexed keywords

AGGRECAN; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; CHONDROMODULIN 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; GENE EXPRESSION MODULATOR 132; PROTEIN; SCLERAXIS; TENOMODULIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PARAXIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MATURATION; CHONDROGENESIS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; FORELIMB; GENE EXPRESSION; LIGAMENT; MOUSE; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PERICHONDRIUM; PERIOSTEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TENDON; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84862008169     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: 10902422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2012.04.002     Document Type: Article

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