Pathology of the tendo Achillis: Do our genes contribute?

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 95 B, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 305-313

  Ribbans, W J ^a   Collins, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARTILAGE OLIGOMERIC MATRIX PROTEIN; CASPASE 8; COLLAGEN FIBRIL; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 12; COLLAGEN TYPE 14; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; COLLAGEN TYPE 5; GLYCOPROTEIN; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 5; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; MACROPHAGE ELASTASE; MICRORNA; PROTEOGLYCAN; STROMELYSIN; TENASCIN; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; BLOOD GROUP A ANTIGEN; BLOOD GROUP O ANTIGEN; DNA; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; MICRORNA 608; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE TRANSFERASE; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ACHILLES TENDINITIS; ACHILLES TENDON; ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTHROPOMETRY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIGENETICS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; GROUPS BY AGE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTRON; NUTRITION; OCCUPATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOKING; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TENDON INJURY; WILD TYPE; CHROMOSOME 19; CHROMOSOME 9; COLLAGEN FIBRIL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ACHILLES TENDON; APOPTOSIS; COLLAGEN TYPE V; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; GENETIC MARKERS; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES; RUPTURE; TENASCIN; TENDINOPATHY; TENDON INJURIES; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 84874689569     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.95B3     Document Type: Article

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