Embryonic mechanical and soluble cues regulate tendon progenitor cell gene expression as a function of developmental stage and anatomical origin

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 214-222

  Brown, Jeffrey P ^a   Finley, Violet G ^a   Kuo, Catherine K ^a,b  

^a Tufts University   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Differentiation; Embryonic; Growth factor; Mechanical loading; Tendon

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL MECHANISMS; EMBRYONIC; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILES; GROWTH FACTOR; MECHANICAL LOADING; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTORS;

DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); DYNAMIC LOADS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; STEM CELLS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

TENDONS;

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 4; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2;

18S GENE; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; COLLAGEN 1ALPHA2 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FGF4 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC MARKER; MOUSE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUALITY CONTROL; SCX GENE; STEM CELL; TENDON DEVELOPMENT; TENDON STEM CELL; TGFBETA2 GENE; TISSUE REGENERATION; TNMD GENE;

DEVELOPMENT; DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC; GROWTH FACTOR; MECHANICAL LOADING; TENDON;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA PRIMERS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 4; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICE; PHENOTYPE; REGENERATION; STEM CELLS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENDONS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2;

EID: 84890859991     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2013.09.018     Document Type: Article

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