Lubricin expression in human osteoarthritic knee meniscus and synovial fluid: A morphological, immunohistochemical and biochemical study

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 965-972

  Musumeci, Giuseppe ^a   Trovato, Francesca Maria ^a   Loreto, Carla ^a   Leonardi, Rosalia ^a   Szychlinska, Marta Anna ^a   Castorina, Sergio ^a,b   Mobasheri, Ali ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b Fondazione Mediterranea GB Morgagni   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^d NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Fibrocartilage; Immunohistochemistry; Knee menisci; Lubricin; Osteoarthritis; Western blotting

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; LUBRICIN; PROTEOGLYCAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; MENISCECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PRG4 GENE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYNOVIAL FLUID; WESTERN BLOTTING; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; KNEE; METABOLISM; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KNEE; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 84904049013     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: 16180372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2014.03.011     Document Type: Article

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