Injection of vascular endothelial growth factor into knee joints induces osteoarthritis in mice

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 491-497

  Ludin, A ^a,b   Sela, J J ^b   Schroeder, A ^c   Samuni, Y ^b   Nitzan, D W ^b   Amir, G ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cartilage degeneration; Intra articular injection; Mice; Osteoarthritis; Synovial hyperplasia; Vascular endothelial growth factor; VEGF

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYALINE CARTILAGE; HYPERPLASIA; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOPHYTE; OSTEOSCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SYNOVIUM;

ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS, EXPERIMENTAL; CALCINOSIS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMUR; HINDLIMB; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; MALE; MICE; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; SCLEROSIS; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; TIBIA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 84873169732     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: 15229653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2012.12.003     Document Type: Article

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