TNF-α and TGF-β1 regulate Syndecan-4 expression in nucleus pulposus cells: role of the mitogen-activated protein kinase and NF-κB pathways.

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

abstract：:The effect of I- and C1- on the enzymatic degradation of elastin pancreatic elastase has been studied. At low halide concentrations both ions show a marked stimulation of elastolysis, I- being significantly more effective than Cl-. Kinetic plots of enzyme activity indicate that anions enhance the susceptibility of the...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Winkler RH

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: The osteocyte is considered the major mechanosensor in bone, capable of detecting forces at a cellular level to coordinate bone formation and resorption. The pathology of age-related bone loss, a hallmark of osteoporosis, is attributed in part to impaired osteocyte mechanosensing. However, real-time evidence ...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Morrell AE,Robinson ST,Silva MJ,Guo XE

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) (4F2 and 7E12) were prepared against heparan sulfate proteoglycan (HSPG) isolated from bovine glomeruli. Enzyme linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) and immunoblotting demonstrated that the mABs reacted with HSPG. Indirect immunofluorescence (IF) showed that the mAbs stained renal basement ...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Kemeny E,Fillit HM,Damle S,Mahabir R,Kefalides NA,Gregory JD,Antonovych T,Sabnis S,Zabriskie JB

更新日期：1988-01-01 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：: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：:Objective: Interleukin-17 (IL-17), produced by T helper (Th)-17 cells, is a potent regulator of bone homeostasis. Osteoblasts are key cells that orchestrate inflammatory bone destruction and bone remodeling. This study examines the effect of different concentrations of IL-17 on osteogenesis and receptor activator of n...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Wang Z,Wei Y,Lei L,Zhong J,Shen Y,Tan J,Xia M,Wu Y,Sun W,Chen L

更新日期：2020-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:An agarose gel matrix was utilized to grow chondrocytes from human donors of various ages in cell culture. The chondrocytes produced the pericellular matrix characteristic for such cells and synthesized collagen type II as well as glyco-saminoglycans. The latter exhibit the typical distribution pattern of the respecti...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Delbrück A,Dresow B,Gurr E,Reale E,Schröder H

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The thermal stability and solubility profiles of human hypertrophic scar collagen have been measured and compared with those of the collagens present in human normal scar, human normal skin and a lathyritic dermal tissue. The thermal stability profiles of the hypertrophic scar collagens were found to be very similar t...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Snowden JM,Swann DA

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since hyaluronan anchors the proteoglycan-rich pericellular matrix to chondrocytes, hyaluronan-cell interactions may direct cartilage matrix assembly. To test this hypothesis, the competitive binding of hyaluronan hexasaccharides for native hyaluronan during matrix assembly, accumulation and retention in embryonic car...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Maleski MP,Knudson CB

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: In experimental models of equine joint-injury and osteoarthritis synovial fluid (SF) composition (proteoglycan-4, hyaluronan) can vary, along with changes to SF mechanical function (lubrication, viscosity). The study hypotheses were a) clinical equine joint-injury and disease results in altered SF composition...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Matheson A,Regmi SC,Martin-Alarcon L,Jay GD,Scott WM,Schmidt TA

更新日期：2020-04-20 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：: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：UNLABELLED:Keratocystic odontogenic tumors (KCOTs) are locally invasive, rapidly proliferating cystic lesions of the jaw. The bone-invasive nature of these tumors has been previously associated with the expression of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), which degrade the extracellular matrix. The purpose of this study was...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Amm HM,Casimir MD,Clark DB,Sohn P,MacDougall M

更新日期：2014-08-01 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：:STR/ort mice develop a naturally occurring osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee joints. However, the evaluation of early OA changes has been difficult due to variability caused by gender, individual differences, and differences between the right and left lower limbs. The objective of this study was to analyze the variabili...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Naruse K,Urabe K,Jiang SX,Uchida K,Kozai Y,Minehara H,Mikuni-Takagaki Y,Kashima I,Itoman M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteogenesis imperfecta is a congenital disease commonly characterized by brittle bones and caused by mutations in the genes encoding Type I collagen, the single most abundant protein produced by the body. The oim model has a natural collagen mutation, converting its heterotrimeric structure (two α1 and one α2 chains)...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Bart ZR,Hammond MA,Wallace JM

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：:Statoconia are calcium carbonate inclusions in the lumen of the gravity-sensing organ, the statocyst, of Aplysia californica. The aim of the present study was to examine the role of carbonic anhydrase and urease in statoconia mineralization in vitro. The experiments were performed using a previously described culture ...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Pedrozo HA,Schwartz Z,Dean DD,Wiederhold ML,Boyan BD

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2) is a multi-functional growth factor belonging to the transforming growth factor β superfamily that has a broad range of activities that affect many different cell types. BMP-2 induces odontoblastic differentiation of human dental pulp cells (DPCs), but the underlying mechanism rema...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Qin W,Liu P,Zhang R,Huang S,Gao X,Song Z,Wang R,Chen L,Guo B,Lin Z

更新日期：2014-06-01 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：:Oriented fibers, arising from the self assembly of collagen, may be produced from in vitro fibrillogenesis of soluble collagen with gradients of fibrillogenic potential. These gradients may be introduced by either concentration gradients of pronase-treated collagen or of arginine which, in turn, create concentration g...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Ghosh S,Comper WD

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The structural and immunological properties of the glycosaminoglycans and the core proteins of bovine nasal cartilage proteoglycan and the proteoglycans produced by rabbit articular chondrocytes in spinner and monolayer culture were compared. Culture medium with 35SO4- or 3H-serine-labeled proteoglycan was mixed with ...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Keiser HD,Malemud CJ

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An extensive literature on bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) induced generation and regeneration shows general agreement about one observation. The incidence and quantity of bone were greatest when BMP was delivered with a carrier of various biologic and non biologic polymers. In the present research, neutral lipids ei...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Urist MR,Behnam K,Kerendi F,Raskin K,Nuygen TD,Shamie AN,Malinin TI

更新日期：1997-01-01 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：: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：:Scanning electron microscopy and high angle X-ray diffraction were used to define the relationship between collagen and elastin of bovine aortic wall. The diffraction pattern shows on one hand that the broad rings at 4.5 A and 9 A, due to elastin, do not orient on stretching and on the other hand, that the collagen ri...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Bigi A,Ripamonti A,Roveri N

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the in vivo formation of engineering cartilage within living or devitalized cartilage discs using reflectance mode confocal microscopy and conventional light microscopy. Pig articular chondrocytes were suspended in fibrin glue and placed between two cartilage discs. Four experimental groups wer...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Peretti GM,Campo-Ruiz V,Gonzalez S,Randolph MA,Wei Xu J,Morse KR,Roses RE,Yaremchuk MJ

更新日期：2006-01-01 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