The extent of degeneration of cruciate ligament is associated with chondrogenic differentiation in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1258-1267

  Kumagai, K ^a,b   Sakai, K ^a   Kusayama, Y ^b   Akamatsu, Y ^b   Sakamaki, K ^b   Morita, S ^b   Sasaki, T ^c   Saito, T ^b   Sakai, T ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chondrogenic differentiation; Cruciate ligament; Degeneration; Osteoarthritis; Scleraxis; SOX9

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT DEGENERATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT DEGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TISSUE DEGENERATION; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHONDROCYTES; CHONDROGENESIS; COLLAGEN; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; RABBITS; SOX9 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 84866456669     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: 15229653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2012.07.013     Document Type: Article

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