Biosynthesis of tropoelastin by elastic cartilage.

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：: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：: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：: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：:In the absence of ascorbic acid, confluent human skin fibroblasts incubated in 0.5% serum-supplemented medium had one-third of the level of lysyl hydroxylase activity of cells incubated in media containing high serum concentrations (5-20%). This difference appeared to be due to a decline in the enzyme activity followi...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Murad S,Sivarajah A,Pinnell SR

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of intra-bone injection of differentiated rat bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMMSCs) into the femur of osteoporotic female rats was studied. Osteoporosis was induced in Wistar female rats by bilateral ovariectomy. Then, 0.75 million BMMSCs isolated from healthy rats were injected into the femurs of ost...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Ocarino Nde M,Boeloni JN,Jorgetti V,Gomes DA,Goes AM,Serakides R

更新日期：2010-12-01 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：:The purpose of this investigation is to evaluate enamel thickness in extant and extinct hominoids. The material used in this study spans the evolutionary history of this group, from 20 million years ago to the present. The objectives of this investigation are to test three hypotheses: (1) the Loading Hypothesis: loadi...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Gantt DG,Rafter JA

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：: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 binding of highly purified bovine aortic lysyl oxidase to native fibrils of type I collagen has been measured by assay of unbound lysyl oxidase activity in the supernatants of enzyme-collagen mixtures after centrifugation. The apparent binding affinity of lysyl oxidase for native fibrils is quite similar to that f...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Cronlund AL,Smith BD,Kagan HM

更新日期：1985-01-01 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：:Aseptic loosening remains the primary cause of failure in total joint arthroplasty. Implant-derived particles are thought to be a main cause of osteolysis that leads to the failure. Substance P (SP) immunoreactive nerve fibers have been detected in the periprosthetic membrane of aseptic loose hip prostheses. We isolat...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Qian Y,Zhang XL,Zeng BF,Jiang Y,Shen H,Wang Q

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：: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：: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：:Gene expression of osteopontin (OPN) has been investigated in mice by application of laser capture microdissection (LCM) and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis. LCM permits individual cells to be isolated ("captured") from tissue sections for molecular analyses. In this study, chondrocyt...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Landis WJ,Jacquet R,Hillyer J,Zhang J

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormal polyanion metabolism in cultured fibroblasts from patients with pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) was studied by incubating normal and PXE fibroblasts in culture medium containing 35SO4 for 96 hr and measuring differences in secreted 35SO4-labelled proteoglycans (35S-PG). PXE medium contained less high molecular...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Gordon SG,Overland M,Foley J

更新日期：1978-01-01 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：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：:??Although injuries to the medial collateral ligament (MCL) can heal functionally without surgical intervention, the collagen fibers in the healing tissue remain compromised. The molecular basis for this poor healing potential was investigated by examining extracellular matrix-modifying molecules such as bone morphoge...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Achari Y,Chin JW,Heard BJ,Rattner JB,Shrive NG,Frank CB,Hart DA

更新日期：2011-01-01 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

abstract：:Hall type voltage has been observed in bone and its two major components (collagen and apatite) in the region of moderately high electric and magnetic fields. The configuration of the sample placement and the experimental set up was the same as that adopted in standard Hall measurements. The resistivity of the sample ...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Behari J,Andrabi WH

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biological effects of isolated soluble dentin extracellular matrix components on the induction of reparative dentinogenesis in exposed cavities in ferret canine teeth have been shown to be blocked by immobilizing the extracellular matrix components on nitrocellulose or Millipore membranes during implantation. This...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Smith AJ,Tobias RS,Cassidy N,Bégue-Kirn C,Ruch JV,Lesot H

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA synthesis in rat and rabbit polyvinyl sponge induced granulation tissue has been studied using thymidine (methyl-3H). Synthesis was determined by measurement of thymidine incorporation into cold trichloroacetic acid insoluble material and by autoradiography. Granulation tissue was removed and immediately incubated...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Wiener SL,Urivetzky M,Isenberg HD,Havier R,Wiener R,Belenko M,Heydu E,Meilman E

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A detailed analysis of the D-period and axial electron density distribution of cornea and tendon collagen was carried out by means of X-ray diffraction and electron microscopy. Ultrastructural observations were made on replicas of freeze fractured and deep-etched specimens. Synchrotron radiation was used to obtain hig...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Marchini M,Morocutti M,Ruggeri A,Koch MH,Bigi A,Roveri N

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: Non-pathological child cortical bone (NPCCB) studies can provide clinicians with vital information and insights. However, assessing the anisotropic elastic properties of NPCCB remains a challenge for the biomechanical engineering community. For the first time, this paper provides elastic moduli values for NPC...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Semaan M,Karam E,Baron C,Pithioux M

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:PURPOSE/AIMS OF THE STUDY: Bone's hierarchical structure can be visualized using a variety of methods. Many techniques, such as light and electron microscopy generate two-dimensional (2D) images, while micro-computed tomography (µCT) allows a direct representation of the three-dimensional (3D) structure. In ...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Hoerth RM,Baum D,Knötel D,Prohaska S,Willie BM,Duda GN,Hege HC,Fratzl P,Wagermaier W

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To extend previous studies on the apparent acceleration of collagen aging in diabetes mellitus, dura collagen from human adults of different ages, with and without diabetes, was processed to yield soluble and insoluble fractions. Insoluble fractions were cleaved by cyanogen bromide. Release of peptides from insoluble ...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Kohn RR

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although hyaluronate is not a boundary lubricant in cartilaginous and latex:glass bearings, a distinct interaction with purified synovial lubricating factor (PSLF) was demonstrated by three means: 1) enhancement of lubricating ability in an artificial test system; 2) viscometry; 3) electron microscopy. The interaction...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Jay GD,Lane BP,Sokoloff L

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00