The Pathogenesis of Tendon Microdamage in Athletes: The Horse as a Natural Model for Basic Cellular Research

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 147, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 227-247

  Patterson Kane, J C ^a   Becker, D L ^b   Rich, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Athlete; Equine; Pathology; Tendon

Indexed keywords

AGGRECANASE 2; ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN; CASPASE 3; CATHEPSIN B; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; COLLAGENASE 3; CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 32; CONNEXIN 43; FIBRONECTIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; INTERSTITIAL COLLAGENASE; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; POLYGLACTIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TENASCIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; VINCULIN;

ACHILLES TENDON; ATHLETE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DEATH; CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL VIABILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSKELETON; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; GAP JUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENOTOXICITY; HORSE; HUMAN; HYSTERESIS; IN VIVO STUDY; LOCOMOTION; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MICROENVIRONMENT; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; STEM CELL; TENDON INJURY; TENDON MICRODAMAGE; TENDON RUPTURE; TISSUE CULTURE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMALS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HUMANS; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; RESEARCH DESIGN; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURIES;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 84864403418     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: 15323129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2012.05.010     Document Type: Review

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