Progenitor cells from dental follicle are able to form cementum matrix in vivo.

abstract：:Bovine articular chondrocytes cultured in agarose gel comprise a heterogeneous population when judged by morphological and histochemical criteria. The purpose of the present experiments was to compare, under the same conditions of culture, sub-populations of chondrocytes derived from different depths of articular cart...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Aydelotte MB,Kuettner KE

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The novel method of high voltage electron microscopic tomography (3D) has been applied for the first time to examine ultrastructural features and spatial relations between collagen fibrils and mineral crystals in a mouse mutant (oim/oim) which replicates a moderate to severe form of osteogenesis imperfecta. The animal...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Landis WJ

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE/AIM:Glutamate is one of the signaling molecules responsible for transmission in the central nervous system. Periodontal ligament (PDL) cells were recently reported to express metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs). However, the functions of mGluR signaling in PDL cells or PDL-related cells remain largely unk...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Kanaya S,Komatsu H,Shimauchi H,Nemoto E

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary chondrocytes cultured in agarose can escape the gel, accumulate at the interface between agarose and the culture medium, and form an outgrowing tissue. These outgrowths can appear as voluminous cartilage-like nodules that have never been previously investigated. In the present study, bovine articular chondrocy...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Tran-Khanh N,Chevrier A,Lascau-Coman V,Hoemann CD,Buschmann MD

更新日期：2010-06-01 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：:The interaction of sodium dodecyl sulfate with elastin has been studied by complexometric titration. Approximately 1.2 mumoles of protons with a pKapp of 5.45 are taken up by 10 milligrams of insoluble elastin upon the binding of detergent, apparently due to the protonation of normally ionized carboxylate functions in...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Kagan HM

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cumulative damage to long-lived connective tissue proteins play a key role in the development of age-related human diseases such as cardiovascular stiffening and age-related macular degeneration. The processes that result in the accumulation of increasingly insoluble, undigestible damaged collagen are only partially k...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Paik DC,Saito LY,Sugirtharaj DD,Holmes JW

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The small leucine-rich repeat proteoglycans (SLRPs) constitute a group of structurally and functionally related molecules that participate in the organization of the extracellular matrix ECM and have important effects on cell behavior. Osteosarcomas are heterogeneous bone tumors whose common characteristic is the prod...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Nikitovic D,Berdiaki K,Chalkiadaki G,Karamanos N,Tzanakakis G

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:These studies examined the effects of heat-inactivated horse serum, insulin, triiodothyronine (T3), and thyroxine (T4), individually and in combination, on collagen and proteoglycan synthesis by primary cell cultures of articular chondrocytes from immature male rabbits. Insulin concentrations of 25 to 100 ng/ml (4.4 t...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Glade MJ,Kanwar YS,Stern PH

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Odontogenesis involves a complex series of processes including epithelial-mesenchymal interactions, morphogenesis, differentiation, fibrillogenesis, and mineralization. Extracellular (ECM) remodeling plays a critical role in the rapid morphological changes that accompany these events. It is proposed that matrix metall...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Randall LE,Hall RC

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between structural changes and hyaluronic acid (HA) content in muscular atrophy is unknown. The objective of our study was to conduct multifaceted evaluations of the change in muscle extensibility in muscular atrophy, in terms of morphological aspects as well as from a biochemical viewpoint, including...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Ishikawa T,Shimizu M,Mikawa Y,Zhu BL,Quan L,Li DR,Zhao D,Maeda H

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The total and individual glycosaminoglycan (GAG) content at various stages of the Dupuytren disease process and in samples of normal palmar connective tissue (palmar dermis, palmar fascia and digital flexor tendon) from the hands of uninvolved age-matched controls have been assayed and compared. Morphological comparis...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Flint MH,Gillard GC,Reilly HC

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate overall degradative changes occurring to enamel matrix proteins in small, freeze-dried pieces of rat incisor enamel homogenized and incubated directly for 0-48 hours in a synthetic enamel fluid solution (165 mM total ionic strength with 0.153 mM calcium chloride) versus oth...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Smith CE,Chen WY

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose/Aim: Elevated serum phosphate is one of the major factors contributing to vascular calcification. Studies suggested that extracellular vesicles released from vascular smooth muscle cells significantly contribute to the initiation and progression of this pathology. Recently, we have demonstrated that elevated p...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Chaudhary SC,Khalid S,Smethurst V,Monier D,Mobley J,Huet A,Conway JF,Napierala D

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Collagen type I fiber-based scaffolds for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) replacement were evaluated for their mechanical properties and their ability to promote cellular proliferation. Prior to scaffold formation, two crosslinking methods were investigated on individual reconstituted collagen type I fibers, ultravio...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Walters VI,Kwansa AL,Freeman JW

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cartilage matrix degradation generates collagen type II fragments. The objective of this study is to explore the possibility that these collagen fragments may be part of an endogenous metabolic feedback. Initially, collagen fragments were extracted from normal or osteoarthritic cartilage, as part of a matrix fragment ...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Jennings L,Wu L,King KB,Hämmerle H,Cs-Szabo G,Mollenhauer J

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Raman spectra have been determined for hyaluronan, chondroitin-4-sulfate, chondroitin-6-sulfate, aggrecan monomers and aggregates. The nature of the saccharides and the pattern of sulfation can be discerned. There were only small spectral changes with pH and ionic composition. Differences between hydroxyl vibrations, ...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Ellis R,Green E,Winlove CP

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epithelial-mesenchymal interactions are required for tissue growth and gene expression patterns during odontogenesis. We showed previously that Sonic hedgehog (SHH) is detectable in both dental epithelium and mesenchyme, while Shh transcripts are present in dental epithelium only, suggesting that SHH functions as an a...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Wu C,Shimo T,Liu M,Pacifici M,Koyama E

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depolymerization of Ch-4-S, Ch-6-S, HA and HP was observed by gel filtration after treatment with 2-10 N NaOH or Ba(OH)2 in the presence of NaBH4 at 80-83 degrees for 1-5 hr. Depolymerized products were isolated after these treatments. 4-Deoxy-alpha-L-threo-4-enohexopyranosyluronic acid residue as the nonreducing end ...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Hirano S,Ishigami M,Koga Y

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We investigated whether COMP may modify cartilage metabolism and play a role as an endogenous disease aggravating factor in OA. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Full-length and momomeric COMP was recombinantly expressed in human embryonic kidney cells and purified it via affinity chromatography. Purified COMP was used ...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Ruthard J,Kamper M,Renno JH,Kühn G,Hillebrand U,Höllriegl S,Johannis W,Zaucke F,Klatt AR

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative levels of mRNAs coding for elastin, types I and III procollagen and gamma-actin were measured in porcine vascular material following balloon catheterization. A balloon catheter was introduced into the thoracic aorta and jugular vein of 3-6 week old pigs; following distention and six days of postoperative ...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Boyd CD,Kniep AC,Pierce RA,Deak SB,Karboski C,Miller DC,Parker MI,Mackenzie JW,Rosenbloom J,Scott GE

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the source of bone brittleness in the disease osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), biomechanical properties have been measured in the femurs from a homozygous (oim/oim) mutant mouse model of OI, its heterozygous littermates, and wild-type animals. The novel technique of ultrasound critical-angle reflectometry ...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Mehta SS,Antich PP,Landis WJ

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parietal yolk sacs isolated from 14.5-day rat embryos and incubated in vitro with either [14C]proline, [3H]mannose or 3H-labeled amino acid mixture synthesized and secreted basement membrane collagenous and noncollagenous glycoprotein components with relative molecular weights of 350,000 (350K), 220,000 (220K), 185,00...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Clark CC,Kefalides NA

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanical properties of the human supraspinatus tendon (SST) are highly heterogeneous and may reflect an important adaptive response to its complex, multiaxial loading environment. However, these functional properties are associated with a location-dependent structure and composition that have not been fully eluc...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Buckley MR,Evans EB,Matuszewski PE,Chen YL,Satchel LN,Elliott DM,Soslowsky LJ,Dodge GR

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small proteoglycans were dissociatively extracted from normal human thoracic aorta with 4 M guanidine hydrochloride containing protease inhibitors, and purified by Sepharose CL-4B chromatography, dissociative cesium chloride density gradient centrifugation, and diethylaminoethyl cellulose chromatography. The intact pr...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Register TC,Wagner WD

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The structural organization of collagen from mineralized tissues, such as dentin and bone, has been a topic of debate in the recent literature. Recent reports have presented novel interpretations of the complexity of collagen type I at different hierarchical levels and in different tissues. Here, we investigate th...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Bertassoni LE,Swain MV

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of various avocado oils on collagen metabolism in skin were studied in growing rats fed diets containing 10% (w/w) of the tested oils. Rats fed the unrefined avocado oil extracted with hexane from the intact fruit, its unsaponifiables or the avocado seed oil, showed significant increases in soluble collage...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Werman MJ,Mokady S,Nimni ME,Neeman I

更新日期：1991-01-01 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 mechanical properties of collagen as a biopolymer ensures that collagen has a significant influence on the mechanical behavior of the host tissue. Structural organization is a key to that influence. We have assessed this relationship quantitatively in the tunica media of arteries from the heart and brain, using th...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Canham PB,Talman EA,Finlay HM,Dixon JG

更新日期：1991-01-01 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