TGF beta-1 downregulates DMP-1 and DSPP in odontoblasts.

abstract：:Degeneration of the intervertebral discs, a natural progression of the aging process, is strongly implicated as a cause of low back pain. Aggrecan is the major structural proteoglycan in the extracellular matrix of the intervertebral disc. It is large, possessing numerous glycosaminoglycan chains and the ability to fo...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Wei Q,Zhang X,Zhou C,Ren Q,Zhang Y

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Our previous study showed that partial-thickness articular cartilage defects (PTCDs) created in immature rats spontaneously healed to resemble normal hyaline cartilage, but that of mature rats did not. To identify molecules involved in the spontaneous cartilage repair observed in this model, gene expression was...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Ikegawa N,Sasho T,Yamaguchi S,Saito M,Akagi R,Muramatsu Y,Akatsu Y,Fukawa T,Nakagawa K,Nakajima A,Suzuki T,Takahashi K

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple hereditary exostoses (MHE) is an autosomal dominant disorder that affects about 1 in 50,000 children worldwide. MHE, also known as hereditary multiple exostoses (HME) or multiple osteochondromas (MO), is characterized by cartilage-capped outgrowths called osteochondromas that develop adjacent to the growth pl...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Phan AQ,Pacifici M,Esko JD

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tubulointerstitial nephritis antigen (TIN-ag) is a recently described basement membrane component reactive with autoantibodies in some forms of autoimmune mediated tubulointerstitial nephritis. Immunofluorescence studies using polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies have indicated a restrictive tissue distribution for TI...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Nelson TR,Butkowski RJ,Michael AF,Charonis AS

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the feasibility of using scaffolds of adenoviral human BMP2 gene (AdBMP2)-modified human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (hBMSCs) and antigen-free bovine cancellous bone (BCB) to construct bone tissue. hMSCs were infected with AdBMP-2. Expression of BMP-2 and alkaline phosphatase confirmed successful ...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Han D,Li J,Guan X

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrated the cells producing collagenase and the time course of collagenase-production at early stages of wound healing, using histology and two immunohistochemical procedures on cross sections of rat skin harvested 0, 3, 5, 7 and 12 days after full-thickness incisions. A monospecific rabbit polyclonal antibody...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Porras-Reyes BH,Blair HC,Jeffrey JJ,Mustoe TA

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims to elucidate the feasible geometry of the scaffolds in bone and periodontal tissue engineering. Several biomaterials with different geometries are compared in terms of their patterns of ectopic BMP-induced chondrogenesis and osteogenesis. The materials include a honeycomb-shaped hydroxyapatite (HCHAP) ...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Kuboki Y,Jin Q,Kikuchi M,Mamood J,Takita H

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that circulating peripheral blood-borne cells (PBCs) contribute to early-phase meniscal reparative change. Because macrophages and myofibroblasts are important contributors of tissue regeneration, we examined their origin and distribution in the reparative meniscus. Reparative menisci were evalu...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Terai S,Hashimoto Y,Orita K,Yamasaki S,Takigami J,Shinkuma T,Teraoka T,Nishida Y,Takahashi M,Nakamura H

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two populations of primary osteoblasts and the cloned murine osteoblast cell line MC3T3 were activated with osteotropic agents and the conditioned media tested for the presence of macrophage colony stimulating factor (M-CSF). Differences in ability of the three populations to secrete the cytokine as well as in the eff...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Horowitz MC,Einhorn TA,Philbrick W,Jilka RL

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the changes in some of the biochemical and biophysical properties of human femoral head cartilage on the one hand during ageing and on the other hand in osteoarthritis. Topographical variations were also investigated. The parameters studied were those relevant to cartilage function, viz., proteogl...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Grushko G,Schneiderman R,Maroudas A

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of electron microscopic observations to characterize the state of aggregation of collagen molecules in solution has been examined from the point of view that the observed structures must be compatible with the physical chemical properties of the solution. The common procedure of addition of droplets of a colla...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Schwartz D,Veis A

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in-vitro fluoride treatment technique has been introduced to investigate the composite behavior of bone tissue. Bone tissue with different mechanical properties can be obtained by varying the concentration, pH and immersion time in fluoride ion solutions. The chemical and physical changes in intact pieces of bone ...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Kotha SP,DePaula CA,Koike K,Pan Y,Ohno M,Abjornson C,Rangarajan S,Guzelsu N

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fras1 and the structurally related proteins Frem1, Frem2, and Frem3, comprise a novel family of extracellular matrix proteins, which localize in a similar fashion underneath the lamina densa of epithelial basement membranes. They are involved in the structural adhesion of the skin epithelium to its underlying mesenchy...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Petrou P,Makrygiannis AK,Chalepakis G

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method is described for accurate and reproducible determination of wet and dry weights of small articular cartilage samples. The water content of the articular cartilage samples before and after treatment with selective degradative enzymes and "artificial fibrillation" was determined. It was found that the water con...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Simon WH,Wohl DL

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calbindin-D9k and calbindin-D-28k genes are useful systems to investigate the tissue- and stage-specificity as well as the hormonal control of gene expression. Since they regulate cellular calcium mobilization, their study may be of interest in mineralized tissues. However, thus far, immunocytochemical labelling has b...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Hotton D,Davideau JL,Bernaudin JF,Berdal A

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This investigation is devoted to the study of the viscoelastic behavior of human abdominal fascia from the umbilical region. Seventeen samples 10 mm wide and up to 70 mm long were cut along the primary fiber direction (group FL) or perpendicular to it (group FT) and subjected to relaxation tests. The viscoelastic resp...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Kirilova M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of applied hydrostatic pressure on transmembrane potentials were investigated in sheep articular chondrocytes and human skin fibroblasts in non-confluent monolayer cultures. Resting potentials in chondrocytes (about -12 mv) and in fibroblasts (about -15 mV) were increased and decreased respectively by over 40%...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Wright MO,Stockwell RA,Nuki G

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laminin promotes adhesion of various cell types via multiple interactions with cell surface components. We have used a laminin domain involved in adhesion of melanoma cells, peptide F9 (Charonis et al., J. Cell Biol. 107:1253 [( 1988]), to examine its specific interaction with cell surface components. Cells were surfa...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Koliakos GG,Tsilibary EC,Charonis AS

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycosaminoglycan synthesis by cells cultured from nodule or band tissues of patients with Dupuytren's disease was compared with that of skin fibroblasts cultured from uninvolved areas of the palm. No differences were observed in culture which could account either for the abnormal glycosaminoglycan content or the incr...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Slack C,Flint MH,Thompson BM

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of more than 2 million segmental bone defects repaired annually with bone autografts and allografts, 15-40% fail. Improving healing rates may be approached with tissue engineering and use of periosteum overlying an allograft. The present study documents gene expression in human periosteum-allograft constructs compared...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Kemppainen J,Yu Q,Alexander J,Jacquet R,Scharschmidt T,Landis W

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently, the mechanism governing the regeneration of the soft tissue-to-bone interface, such as the transition between the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and bone, is not known. Focusing on the ACL-to-bone insertion, this study tests the novel hypothesis that interactions between cells from the ligament (fibroblas...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Wang IE,Bogdanowicz DR,Mitroo S,Shan J,Kala S,Lu HH

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone sialoprotein is a 34 kDa phosphorylated and sulphated glycoprotein that is essentially unique to mineralizing connective tissues. Recent studies on the developmental expression of BSP mRNA and the temporo-spatial appearance of the protein during bone formation in vivo and in vitro have demonstrated that BSP is ex...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Sodek J,Li JJ,Kim RH,Ogata Y,Yamauchi M

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE/AIM:Thyroid hormone has been implicated in the normal growth and development of articular cartilage; however, its effect on a disease state, such as hypothyroidism, is unknown. The purpose of this investigation was to compare normal articular cartilage from proximal femurs of immature miniature swine to proxima...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Bundy JA,Yang JT,Morscher MA,Steiner RP,Adamczyk MJ,Weiner DS,Jacquet RD,Landis WJ

更新日期：2020-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Positive effects on the tensile characteristics of swine digital extensors were found following twelve months of exercise training. Compared to sedentary controls, the tendons from the exercised animals became stronger as a material and exhibited hypertrophy. These biomechanical results were supported by biochemical a...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Woo SL,Ritter MA,Amiel D,Sanders TM,Gomez MA,Kuei SC,Garfin SR,Akeson WH

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aggrecan is the prominent proteoglycan in cartilage and is modified with approximately 100 chondroitin sulfate (CS) chains through a tetrasaccharide linkage structure. In osteoarthritis (OA), the viscoelastic properties of cartilage are compromised on both the quantity and integrity of aggrecan core protein expressed ...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Frankenberger C,Borgia JA,Edirisinghe PD,Oegema TR

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fibrous collagens form the structural basis of all mammalian connective tissues, including the vasculature, dermis, bones, tendons, cartilage, and those tissues that support organs such as the heart, kidneys, liver, and lungs. The helical structure of collagen has been extensively studied but in addition to its he...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Orgel JP,San Antonio JD,Antipova O

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The composition of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) was analyzed in skin samples of eight patients suffering from localized scleroderma, i.e., three having generalized morphoea and five localized morphoea plaques. From each patients, biopsies were obtained from sclerotic and perilesional areas, and from clinically uninvolved...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Møller R,Serup J,Ammitzbøll T

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The oxidation of an elastin substrate by highly purified bovine aortic lysyl oxidase (LO) is markedly influenced by amphiphilic molecules known to bind to elastin. Negatively charged elastin ligands, including fatty acids, bile salts or sodium dodecyl sulfate can completely inhibit the oxidation of lysine in elastin, ...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Kagan HM,Simpson DE,Tseng L

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tobacco smoking is considered a major risk factor for the development and progression of periodontal diseases (Haber, J. and Wattles, J. (1994). J. Periodontol., 64, 16-23). The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of nicotine on rat gingival fibroblasts (RGF) cultured in vitro. After ether anesthesia, r...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Lahmouzi J,Simain-Sato F,Defresne MP,De Pauw MC,Heinen E,Grisar T,Legros JJ,Legrand R

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC)s are characterized by their acute growth inhibition by heparin and heparan sulfates; however, recently the isolation of VSMCs which display greatly diminished sensitivity to the antiproliferative action of heparin have been reported. These heparin resistant (HR) VSMCs have been deri...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： San Antonio JD,Verrecchio A,Pukac LA

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00