The apoptosis pathway and the genetic predisposition to Achilles tendinopathy

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1719-1724

  Nell, Erica Mari ^a   Van Der Merwe, Lize ^a,b,c   Cook, Jill ^d   Handley, Christopher J ^e   Collins, Malcolm ^a,b   September, Alison V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

caspase 8; inflammatory mediators; musculoskeletal soft tissue injuries; nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 8;

ACHILLES TENDINITIS; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CASPASE 8 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACHILLES TENDON; APOPTOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CASPASE 8; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; RISK ASSESSMENT; TENDINOPATHY;

EID: 84867233056     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: 1554527X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.22144     Document Type: Article

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