Impaired biomechanical properties correlate with neoangiogenesis as well as VEGF and MMP-3 expression during rat patellar tendon healing

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1952-1957

  Sahin, Hacer ^a,b   Tholema, Nancy ^a   Petersen, Wolf ^c   Raschke, Michael J ^a   Stange, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^c MARTIN LUTHER KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

biomechanical properties; neoangiogenesis; tendon healing; VEGF

Indexed keywords

HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; STROMELYSIN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALING; HYPOXIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PATELLA TENDON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TENDON DISEASE; TENDON INJURY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1, ALPHA SUBUNIT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 3; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TENDINOPATHY; TENDONS; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 84867870372     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: 1554527X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.22147     Document Type: Article

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