Quantitative analysis of the mRNA expression levels of BCL2 and BAX genes in human osteoarthritis and normal articular cartilage: An investigation into their differential expression

Molecular Medicine Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 4514-4521

  Karaliotas, Georgios I ^a   Mavridis, Konstantinos ^b   Scorilas, Andreas ^b   Babis, George C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Articular cartilage; B cell CLL lymphoma 2; BCL2 associated X protein; Gene expression analysis; Osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; BAX PROTEIN, HUMAN; BCL2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BAX GENE; BCL2 GENE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; RNA ISOLATION; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; AGED; CARTILAGE CELL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; KNEE REPLACEMENT; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PATHOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BETA 2-MICROGLOBULIN; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHONDROCYTES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84935522936     PISSN: 17912997     EISSN: 17913004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2015.3939     Document Type: Article

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