Transcription factor EGR1 directs tendon differentiation and promotes tendon repair

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 123, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3564-3576

  Guerquin, Marie Justine ^a,b   Charvet, Benjamin ^a,b   Nourissat, Geoffroy ^a,c   Havis, Emmanuelle ^a,b   Ronsin, Olivier ^a,d   Bonnin, Marie Ange ^a,b   Ruggiu, Mathilde ^a,b   Olivera Martinez, Isabel ^a,b   Robert, Nicolas ^a,b,c   Lu, Yinhui ^e   Kadler, Karl E ^e   Baumberger, Tristan ^a,d   Doursounian, Levon ^d   Berenbaum, Francis ^a,c   Duprez, Delphine ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b Sorbonne Universités   (France)

^c HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MOUSE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING; WOUND HEALING;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CHICK EMBRYO; COLLAGEN TYPE I; COLLAGEN TYPE II; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; ELASTIC MODULUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REGENERATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTOME; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84881223358     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI67521     Document Type: Article

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