Gene Expression Analysis of the Pleiotropic Effects of TGF-β1 in an In Vitro Model of Flexor Tendon Healing

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Farhat, Youssef M ^a,b   Al Maliki, Alaa A ^b   Chen, Tony ^a,b   Juneja, Subhash C ^b   Schwarz, Edward M ^b   O'Keefe, Regis J ^b   Awad, Hani A ^a,b  

^a University of Rochester   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIGLYCAN; CELL PROTEIN; COLLAGEN GEL; COLLAGEN TYPE 12; COLLAGEN TYPE 5; DECORIN; FIBRONECTIN; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 16; MOHAWK; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; PROTEOGLYCAN; SCLERAXIS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIGLYCAN GENE; COLLAGEN V GENE; COLLAGEN XII GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECORIN GENE; DOWN REGULATION; FLEXOR TENDON HEALING; FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE TARGETING; HEALING; MMP 16 GENE; MOHAWK GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAI 1 GENE; PLEIOTROPY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCLERAXIS GENE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BIGLYCAN; COLLAGEN; DECORIN; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBRONECTINS; GELS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC PLEIOTROPY; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; TENDONS; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE-2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; UP-REGULATION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84870896763     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051411     Document Type: Article

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