Post-traumatic caspase-3 expression in the adjacent areas of growth plate injury site: A morphological study

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 15767-15784

  Musumeci, Giuseppe ^a   Castrogiovanni, Paola ^a   Loreto, Carla ^a   Castorina, Sergio ^a   Pichler, Karin ^b   Weinberg, Annelie Martina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Caspase 3; Cleaved PARP 1; Growth plate; Histological evaluation; Immunohistochemistry; Western blot

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; INTERLEUKIN 6; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE 1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BONE INJURY; BONE MARROW CELL; BONE REMODELING; BONE STRUCTURE; BONE TURNOVER; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL STRESS; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENCHONDRAL OSSIFICATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GROWTH DISORDER; GROWTH PLATE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MESENCHYME CELL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; TRABECULAR BONE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CASPASE 3; CHONDROCYTES; GROWTH PLATE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERLEUKIN-6; POLY(ADP-RIBOSE) POLYMERASES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84881136850     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms140815767     Document Type: Article

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