Col2CreERT2, a mouse model for a chondrocyte-specific and inducible gene deletion

European Cells and Materials

Volumn 28, Issue , 2014, Pages 236-245

  Chen, M ^a   Li, S ^b   Xie, W ^b,c   Wang, B ^d   Chen, Di ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LIAONING UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^d TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Animals; Cartilage development; Cartilage physiology; Chondrocytes; Gene expression

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; COLLAGENASE 3; CRE RECOMBINASE; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; HYBRID PROTEIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE SHP 2; TAMOXIFEN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL FATE; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHONDROMATOSIS; COL2CREERT2 GENE; CRANIOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; ENCHONDRAL OSSIFICATION; GAIN OF FUNCTION MUTATION; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GROWTH PLATE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT OSTEOARTHRITIS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; CHONDROCYTES; COLLAGEN TYPE II; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE DELETION; GENE TARGETING; HUMANS; MICE; OSTEOARTHRITIS;

EID: 84908305775     PISSN: 14732262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22203/eCM.v028a16     Document Type: Article

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