Interleukin-1 receptor antagonist modulates inflammation and scarring after ligament injury.

abstract：:The expression of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and their inhibitors (TIMPs) by human vascular smooth muscle cells (SMC) was monitored as a function of the phenotypic modulation in vitro. Cell phenotype was manipulated by varying serum concentration and cell density. Synthetic phenotype was characterized by a minim...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Kato S,Yasukawa H,Fujii T,Yamaguchi M,Miyagi N,Okamoto K,Wada Y,Miyamoto T,Morimatsu M,Fox JC

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many organisms from a wide variety of taxa produce amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC), despite the fact that it is inherently unstable and relatively soluble in its pure state. These properties also make it difficult to detect and characterize ACC. Raman spectroscopy is a particularly useful method for investigating AC...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Weiner S,Levi-Kalisman Y,Raz S,Addadi L

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have highlighted the lack of age changes in the extracellular matrix of the periodontal ligament, but more needs to be known about cellular and functional changes (including the effects upon eruption). For this study, impeded and unimpeded eruption rates were measured over a 2-week period for the mandi...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Moxham BJ

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteoglycans and hyaluronic acid synthesized by human skin fibroblasts in culture were characterized, and the effect of thyroid hormone deficiency was examined. The fibroblasts in culture synthesize hyaluronic acid, dermatan sulfate (DS) proteoglycans and heparan sulfate (HS) proteoglycans. Hyaluronic acid is almost ...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Shishiba Y,Yanagishita M,Hascall VC

更新日期：1988-01-01 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：:Keratocan is an extracellular matrix protein that belongs to the small leucine-rich proteoglycan family that also includes lumican, biglycan, decorin, mimecan, and fibromodulin. Members of this family are known to play a role in regulating cellular processes such as proliferation and modulation of osteoprogenitor line...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Igwe JC,Gao Q,Kizivat T,Kao WW,Kalajzic I

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ultrastructural features of the cells and of the oxytalan fibers within the periodontal ligaments of aged rats (2 year old) were quantified and compared with data for tissues obtained from younger animals (8 week old). Sections of the mid-root regions of the mandibular first molars were prepared for examination by...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Moxham BJ,Evans IL

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is associated with aberrant repair, persistence of collagen deposition, and the development of vascular remodeling. However, the role of angiogenesis in the pathogenesis of IPF is still undetermined. The aim of this study was to evaluate the combined mRNA expression of vascular endo...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Antoniou KM,Soufla G,Lymbouridou R,Economidou F,Lasithiotaki I,Manousakis M,Drositis I,Spandidos DA,Siafakas NM

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A partially purified BMP preparation was combined with a fibrous glass membrane (FGM) or porous particles of hydroxyapatite (PPHAP), and then implanted subcutaneously into the backs of rats. As a control of these new carriers, a conventional carrier of insoluble bone matrix (IBM) was also used. These new geometrically...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Kuboki Y,Saito T,Murata M,Takita H,Mizuno M,Inoue M,Nagai N,Poole AR

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth and differentiation factor-5 (GDF-5) is known to induce tendon tissue and stimulate tendon healing. The hypothesis was that adenoviral GDF-5 transfer leads to transitory transgene expression and improves Achilles tendon healing. In vitro experiments were first performed with rat tenocytes. Transgene expression ...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Rickert M,Wang H,Wieloch P,Lorenz H,Steck E,Sabo D,Richter W

更新日期：2005-01-01 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 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：:The desmoplastic response to breast carcinoma is being studied. The stimulation of stromal cell proliferation by a preformed breast tumor matrix was shown. An additional mechanism for stimulating scleroprotein deposition is described here. On a per-cell basis, the synthesis of collagen and elastin was increased by 50%...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Kao RT,Hall J,Stern R

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The protein components of biomineralized structures (matrix proteins) are believed to modulate crystal nucleation and growth, and thereby influence the shape and strength of the final structure. The chicken eggshell contains a complex array of distinct matrix proteins. One of these was found to have similar molecular ...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Hincke MT

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteodermatan sulfate was isolated from the skin of human, female breast in 6-M urea and proteolytic inhibitors at 70 degrees C and purified on Sephacryl S-200. It was composed of 55% protein and 45% dermatan sulfate, displayed one protein and carbohydrate-stainable band on agarose-polyacrylamide gels, yielded dermat...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Longas MO,Fleischmajer R

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two overlapping clones encompassing 8.5 kb of the human elastin gene were isolated from two genomic libraries constructed by partial digestion with either HaeIII/AluI or Sau3A and contained in lambda Charon 4A or EMBL3, respectively. The 6 kb of DNA comprising the most 3' portion of the gene were sequenced demonstrati...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Indik Z,Yoon K,Morrow SD,Cicila G,Rosenbloom J,Rosenbloom J,Ornstein-Goldstein N

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown in a transgenic mouse line, in which 5.2 kb of the elastin promoter was linked to the reporter enzyme chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT), that the highest levels of expression were found in embryonic lungs and aorta, while lower levels were detected in other elastin-containing tissues. Fu...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Lakkakorpi J,Li K,Decker S,Korkeela E,Piddington R,Abrams W,Bashir M,Uitto J,Rosenbloom J

更新日期：1999-01-01 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：:In orthodontic tooth movement, prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2)) released from osteoblasts can alter the normal process of bone remodeling. We examined the effect of compressive force (CF) on PGE(2) production, PGE receptors (Ep1-4) expression, phosphorylation of protein kinase A (p-PKA), and calcium content in Saos-2 cells...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Sanuki R,Mitsui N,Suzuki N,Koyama Y,Yamaguchi A,Isokawa K,Shimizu N,Maeno M

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：:Although fibronectin (FN) modified by advanced glycation end products (AGEs) has been shown to contribute to the development of diabetic vascular complications through its reduced adhesive activity to vascular cells, little is known about changes in the cell binding domain of AGE-modified FN. Here we examined the mech...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Sakata N,Sasatomi Y,Meng J,Ando S,Uesugi N,Takebayashi S,Nagai R,Horiuchi S

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Excessive apoptosis plays an important role in the progression of intervertebral disc degeneration. However, the effect of autophagy, another type of programmed cell death, on the pathogenesis of disc degeneration is still unclear. Macroautophagy and chaperone-mediated autophagy (CMA) change and intervertebra...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Ye W,Xu K,Huang D,Liang A,Peng Y,Zhu W,Li C

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TGF beta modulates the growth and differentiation of various cell types, in part by regulating the production of extracellular matrix proteins. In rat osteoblast-like cells TGF beta stimulates the production of collagen, osteopontin and osteonectin. On the other hand, TGF beta inhibits the production of osteocalcin, o...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Noda M,Rodan GA

更新日期：1989-01-01 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：OVERVIEW:Periostin (POSTN) is critical to bone and dental tissue morphogenesis, postnatal development, and maintenance; however, its roles in tissue repair and regeneration mediated by human periodontal ligament mesenchymal stem cells (PDLSCs) remain unclear. The present study was designed to evaluate the effects of PO...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Wu Z,Dai W,Wang P,Zhang X,Tang Y,Liu L,Wang Q,Li M,Tang C

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

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 interaction of elastin and microfibrils in elastogenesis in vitro was investigated with electron microscopy and immunohistochemistry. Fetal human pulmonary fibroblasts were cultured with or without beta-aminopropionitrile (BAPN). One week after seeding, the extracellular microfibrils were loosely arranged without ...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Fukuda Y,Nakazawa N,Yamanaka N

更新日期：1993-01-01 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：:The efficacy of connective tissue explants is difficult to determine, particularly where autopsy material is required for research or clinical applications. We report here an optimised protocol using 5-chloromethylfluorescein diacetate (CMFDA) and ethidium homodimer-1 to distinguish viable and non-viable cells in a ra...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Poole CA,Brookes NH,Gilbert RT,Beaumont BW,Crowther A,Scott L,Merrilees MJ

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A homogeneous preparation of glycoprotein (apparent molecular weight 34,000) has been isolated from bovine ligamentum nuchae by treatment of the tissue with 5 M guanidine HCl and 2-mercaptoethanol. The preparation exhibits amine oxidase activity which is only marginally inhibited by beta-aminopropionitrile. ...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Serafini-Fracassini A,Ventrella G,Griffiths R,Hinnie J

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00