Downregulation of decorin and transforming growth factor-beta1 by decorin gene suppression in tendinocytes.

abstract：AIM:miR-155 is a pro-inflammatory or anti-inflammatory factor depending on the cell type in which it is expressed. miR-155 controls apoptosis and matrix degradation in nucleus pulposus (NP) cells in vitro. The aim of this study is to explore the effect of miR-155 in vivo and further investigate the mechanism of miR-155...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Zhou J,Liang A,Hong J,Sun J,Lin X,Peng Y,Wang X,Sun S,Xiao D,Xu K,Ye W

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The connective tissue protein elastin is largely responsible for maintaining the elasticity of major blood vessels and lung tissue. Comparatively few studies have been made of the immunologic properties of elastin because of its high degree of insolubility and because of its apparent limited capacity to elicit precipi...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Kucich U,Christner P,Rosenbloom J,Weinbaum G

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrasound is a therapeutic agent commonly used to treat sports-related tendinopathy. Tendon healing requires tendon cells migration to the repair site, followed by the proliferation and synthesis of extracellular matrix. This study was designed to determine the effect of ultrasound on migration of tendon cells intrin...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Tsai WC,Chen JY,Pang JH,Hsu CC,Lin MS,Chieh LW

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The eggshell is an highly ordered structure deposited in the distal oviduct and composed of calcium carbonate and an organic matrix which is believed to influence its fabric. We have identified ovotransferrin as an 80 kDa matrix protein observed at high concentration in the uterine fluid at the initial stage of shell ...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Gautron J,Hincke MT,Panheleux M,Garcia-Ruiz JM,Boldicke T,Nys Y

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to determine the effects of pulsed electromagnetic fields (PEMF) on the mRNA expression of the receptor activator of NF-kappa-B (RANK) and carbonic anhydrase II (CA II) in ovariectomized rat osteoclast-like cells. Marrow cells were harvested from femora and tibiae of rats, from which the ovarie...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Chen J,He HC,Xia QJ,Huang LQ,Hu YJ,He CQ

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elastic ear cartilage and aortae from nine-day-old hamsters were incubated in Krebs-Ringer medium containing ascorbate, beta-aminopropionitrile and either [14C]proline or [3H]valine. The [14C]proline-labeled proteins were separated by chromatography on Agarose A-5 m in sodium dodecyl sulfate and their [14C]-hydroxypro...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Heeger P,Rosenbloom J

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study details structural aspects of the cells of the rat intra-articular disc (IAD) of the temporomandibular joint. At the light and electron microscope level, the outline of the cells varied, although a number appeared oval/rounded. Ultrastructurally, the cells contained moderate amounts of the intracellu...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Berkovitz BK,Becker D

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the similarities and differences in the noncollagenous domain (NC1) of type IV collagen from human glomerular basement membrane (hGBM), alveolar basement membrane (hABM), and placenta (hPBM). Following collagenase digestion, NC1 domain was isolated on Bio-Gel A-0.5m or by cation exchange chromatogr...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Shen GQ,Butkowski R,Cheng T,Wieslander J,Katz A,Cass J,Fish AJ

更新日期：1990-01-01 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：:Proteoglycans extracted from articular cartilage of large joints of humans aged 4, 11, 70 and 75, were fractionated on associative density gradients. The top fraction (A3) was purified by ion-exchange chromatography and subsequent gel filtration on Sepharose CL 4B in 4 M GuCl, 0.5% Triton x 100. Proteoglycans from you...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Stanescu V,Chaminade F,Muriel MP

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Size measurements of dispersed rat bone crystals show that with age a greater proportion exceeds 400 A in length. The surface fractures of more heavily mineralized bones tend to be smooth and stepped, whereas those of less mineralized bones are fibrous. These observations combined with information reported elsewhere o...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Weiner S,Traub W

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human skin fibroblasts cultured with 4-methylumbelliferone (MU), a hyaluronan synthesis inhibitor, produce a hyaluronan-deficient extracellular matrix (See [9]). Our present study investigated the effects of MU on proteoglycan, which is the other main component of the extracellular matrix, and interacts with hyalurona...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Funahashi M,Nakamura T,Kakizaki I,Mizunuma H,Endo M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A theoretical expression has been derived for the mean collagen fibril length in tendon based on the assumption that collagen fibrils originate in cell surface invaginations and terminate either at some remote cell surface or another collagen fibril bundle. The expression thus determined requires knowledge of the effe...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Craig AS,Birtles MJ,Conway JF,Parry DA

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The presence of genetic variants in uric acid (UA) transporters can be associated with hyperuricemia, and therefore with an increased risk of monosodium urate (MSU) crystal precipitation. The inflammatory process triggered by these crystals leads to cartilage damage, which, in turn, could promote knee osteoa...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Fernández-Torres J,Martínez-Nava GA,Oliviero F,López-Reyes AG,Martínez-Flores K,Garrido-Rodríguez D,Francisco-Balderas A,Zamudio-Cuevas Y

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During cloning of the rat incisor phosphophoryn gene, several clones were identified with a PP antibody. One of the clones (2PP) was shown to encode a PP denoted as dentin matrix protein 2, DMP2. We have now sequenced another clone, which appears to be bifunctional, or at minimum, has two distinct domains. The 5' regi...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： George A,Srinivasan RThotakura SR,Liu K,Veis A

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyaluronate lyase from streptococci group A was purified by chromatography on DEAE-Sephadex A-50 and on Biogel P-150, thereby enriching it about 1,000-fold and separating it into two enzyme fractions with the same amino acid composition. The photooxidation of hyaluronate lyase in the presence of methylene blue results...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Greiling H,Stuhlsatz HW,Eberhard T,Eberhard A

更新日期：1975-01-01 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：:The molecular substructure of human articular cartilage has been difficult to study because of its complex composition and high degree of hydration. Using newly available small-angle X-ray diffraction (SAX) instrumentation that allows very short exposure times (0.1 to 10 sec), we have obtained spatially resolved infor...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Mollenhauer J,Aurich M,Muehleman C,Khelashvilli G,Irving TC

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration is one of most common causes of morbidity, its etiology remains unclear. In healthy discs, the rates of synthesis and breakdown of the extracelluar matrix (ECM) are in equilibrium because of intricate regulation by growth factors and catabolic cytokines. Important among ...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Cho H,Lee S,Park SH,Huang J,Hasty KA,Kim SJ

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The paper reviews the changes in ameloblast ultrastructure, concomitant with the changes in its functions across the major stages of amelogenesis. It describes the mechanisms associated with the major events in biosynthesis and degradation of the major enamel proteins (amelogenins and tuftelin/enamelins) and with the ...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Deutsch D,Catalano-Sherman J,Dafni L,David S,Palmon A

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Collagenolytic enzymes were quantitated by a method based on spectrophotometry of suspended reconstituted collagen fibrils. To obtain optically stable suspensions it was necessary to perform a short sonication of the aggregated fibrils at 10 degrees C. When fibrils were cleaved with mammalian fibroblast collagenase at...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Bleeg HS

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The resorption of devitalized bone by isolated osteoclasts in culture was studied by scanning electron microscopy. Osteoclasts attached to the bone and resorbed mineral but left most of matrix collagen undigested in the resorption pits. Postculture-treatment of bone substrate with collagenase completely removed the ma...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Shimizu H,Sakamoto S,Sakamoto M

更新日期：1989-01-01 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：:Recently our laboratory has reported, in a lacerated flexor tendon model, that the "early turnover" phase of the repair process extends for a longer period of time in vivo than previously documented. The extensive turnover of the collagenous matrix was consistent with the presence of collagenolytic activity in repairi...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Russell JE,Manske PR

更新日期：1989-01-01 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：: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：:Periosteal explants obtained from rabbit calvariae are introduced as a model system to study contraction of soft connective tissue. Culturing of these explants resulted in a substantial time-dependent decrease of the surface area which coincided with a similar decrease in volume. A 75% reduction of the initial explant...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： van der Zee E,Everts V,Beertsen W

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate the mechanism of accumulation and fragmentation of hyaluronic acid (HA) under inflammatory conditions, we investigated the effect of proinflammatory cytokines on hyaluronic acid synthetase (HAS) mRNA expression using cultured rabbit synovial membrane cells. HASs mRNA levels were determined by real-time PC...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Tanimoto K,Ohno S,Fujimoto K,Honda K,Ijuin C,Tanaka N,Doi T,Nakahara M,Tanne K

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of patients eligible for periodontal regenerative therapies are aged subjects. Since periodontal ligament cells (PDLC) are essential for periodontal regeneration, the aim of the present study was to determine the effect of cellular aging on PDLC, including genes associated with extracellular matrix metabo...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Benatti BB,Silvério KG,Casati MZ,Sallum EA,Nociti FH Jr

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral mandibular epithelium determines the position and number of tooth organs. Cranial neural crest-derived ectomesenchyme provides inductive signals for (i) tooth shape, and (ii) sequential determination and expression of several different epithelial-derived enamel proteins. Inductive signalling follows a precise seq...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Slavkin HC

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00