Effect of melatonin on the proliferation and differentiation of chondrocytes from rat vertebral body growth plate in vitro

International Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1392-1398

  Zhong, Zhao Ming ^a   Li, Tao ^b   Xu, Zi Xing ^c   Meng, Ting Ting ^a   Zeng, Ji Huan ^a   Zheng, Shuai ^a   Ye, Wen Bin ^a   Wu, Qian ^a   Chen, Jian Ting ^a  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; Melatonin; Proliferating cell nuclear antigen; Smad4; Sox9; Vertebral body growth plate

Indexed keywords

AGGRECAN; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; CYCLINE; LUZINDOLE; MELATONIN; MELATONIN 1 RECEPTOR; MELATONIN 2 RECEPTOR; SMAD4 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH PLATE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VERTEBRA BODY; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHONDROCYTES; GROWTH PLATE; MELATONIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, MELATONIN, MT1; RECEPTOR, MELATONIN, MT2;

EID: 84883160541     PISSN: 14491907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijms.5645     Document Type: Article

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