abstract：:Alveolar mucosa and attached gingiva are two continuous but functionally distinct connective tissues covering alveolar bone of the jaw. In this study, the major matrix component of these tissues, collagen, was biochemically characterized and compared. The tissues were obtained from mature pigs and analyzed for collage...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Katafuchi M,Matsuura T,Atsawasuwan P,Sato H,Yamauchi M

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：:By using ultramorphological and biochemical methods, we analyzed the regional differences between the three parts of the equine superficial digital flexor tendon (SDFT), namely, the myotendinous junction (MTJ), middle metacarpal (mM), and osteotendinous junction (OTJ). Cross-sectional images showed unique distribution...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Watanabe T,Imamura Y,Hosaka Y,Ueda H,Takehana K

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：:This study evaluated the effect of short bouts of stretching on the soleus muscle after immobilization, by measuring the birefringence of the intramuscular connective tissue (ICT) and the muscle fiber area. Thirty rats were divided into five groups: the left soleus was immobilized in the shortened position; after immo...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Coutinho EL,DeLuca C,Salvini TF,Vidal BC

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：: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：:Scars formed after tendonitis result in altered tissue mechanical properties after injury. The interaction of collagen molecules with decorin affects collagen fibrogenesis, and scar tissue is fragile as a consequence of a large amount of decorin in the scar. We hypothesized that scar formation could be prevented by co...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Hosaka Y,Kirisawa R,Mafune N,Takehana K

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：:Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) are known to promote periodontal tissue regeneration, while noggin inhibits the biological activities of BMP-2, -4, and -7. To investigate the effect of BMPs and noggin gene transfer on cementogenesis, we used cloned murine cementoblasts (OCCM). Cells were transduced using adenovirus...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Jin QM,Zhao M,Economides AN,Somerman MJ,Giannobile WV

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Muscle-derived cells can differentiate into chondrogenic cells. In our present study, we investigated the pattern of expression of Sox9, a transcription factor known to play a key role in chondrogenesis, in a rat myoblastic cell line, L6. In addition, we evaluated expression of type II collagen and myogenic regulatory...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Matsushita T,Matsui N,Fujioka H,Kubo S,Kuroda R,Kurosaka M,Yoshiya S

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of protein kinase C (PKC) can upregulate tooth eruption molecules such as osteoprotegerin (OPG) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). In this study, we examined the in vivo gene expression of classic isoforms of PKC in the dental follicle of postnatal rats. The expression level of PKC-alpha was sig...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Yao S,Wise G

更新日期：2004-01-01 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：: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：:Bone sialoprotein (BSP) expression is restricted to cells associated with the mineralization of bones and teeth. We previously identified a homeodomain binding element in a 2.5 kb fragment of the murine Bsp promoter that is required for osteoblast-selective expression in cell culture. To examine the role of this eleme...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Gopalakrishnan R,Thomas PE,Benson MD,Wang D,Franceschi RT

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：:Genetic diseases affecting tooth structure have been classified by the tissue affected enamel versus dentin, and their pattern of inheritance autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive, or X-linked. Advances in molecular genetics and the Human Genome Project have provided substantial progress regarding the identification...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： MacDougall M

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：:Rat bone marrow cells were cultured in vitro in a collagen-gel medium at 0.5% fetal bovine serum concentration for 10 days in the presence of recombinant human transforming growth factor-beta-1, genetically engineered to contain a collagen binding domain (rhTGF-beta1-F2), or a commercial rhTGF-beta1. To compare the ef...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Andrades JA,Han B,Nimni ME,Ertl DC,Simpkins RJ,Arrabal MP,Becerra J

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：:The critical remembrance of my research activity displays aspects of inconsequence and mental rigidity. Particular probative examples are called to mind. Unpublished observations concerning immortalized dental cells are summarized. As a consequence, if I could start again, I would improve several aspects of my behavio...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Ruch JV

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sonic hedgehog (Shh) expression is highly localized to the epithelium at the future sites of tooth development. This restricted expression suggests that inhibition of Shh in areas where teeth do not form may be an important mechanism in tooth germ localization. Recently, Hip, a putative vertebrate antagonist of Shh, h...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Cobourne MT,Sharpe PT

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：: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：:Transforming growth factor beta-1 (TGF beta-1) is a multifunctional growth factor that is expressed in numerous cell types. It has been shown to induce secretion of dentin extracellular matrix components associated with primary dentinogenesis and to play a role in tertiary or reparative dentinogenesis. In this study, ...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Unterbrink A,O'Sullivan M,Chen S,MacDougall M

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To address the molecular mechanisms of cementogenesis, we have isolated dental follicle cells and examined them to see if they contain cementoblast progenitors. Dental follicle tissue was dissected from the root surface of bovine tooth germ and cells were released by digestion with bacterial collagenase. The released ...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Handa K,Saito M,Tsunoda A,Yamauchi M,Hattori S,Sato S,Toyoda M,Teranaka T,Narayanan AS

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:EMDOGAIN is derived from porcine developing enamel matrix and has been shown to facilitate regeneration of the periodontium, although its mechanism of action is unknown. The aim of the present study was to identify enamel matrix proteins and proteolytic enzymes present in EMDOGAIN and compare them with those extracted...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Maycock J,Wood SR,Brookes SJ,Shore RC,Robinson C,Kirkham J

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims to elucidate the feasible geometry of the scaffolds in bone and periodontal tissue engineering. Several biomaterials with different geometries are compared in terms of their patterns of ectopic BMP-induced chondrogenesis and osteogenesis. The materials include a honeycomb-shaped hydroxyapatite (HCHAP) ...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Kuboki Y,Jin Q,Kikuchi M,Mamood J,Takita H

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in-vitro fluoride treatment technique has been introduced to investigate the composite behavior of bone tissue. Bone tissue with different mechanical properties can be obtained by varying the concentration, pH and immersion time in fluoride ion solutions. The chemical and physical changes in intact pieces of bone ...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Kotha SP,DePaula CA,Koike K,Pan Y,Ohno M,Abjornson C,Rangarajan S,Guzelsu N

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since cartilage is mainly an avascular tissue, chondrocytes exist in a low-level oxygen environment in vivo. In the present study, we investigated the effect of oxygen tension (20%, 5% and 1% gas phase oxygen concentrations) over a 20-day period on the extracellular matrix accumulation of bovine articular chondrocytes...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： Murphy CL,Sambanis A

更新日期：2001-10-01 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：: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 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：: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：: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：: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：: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：: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：: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：:Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC)s are characterized by their acute growth inhibition by heparin and heparan sulfates; however, recently the isolation of VSMCs which display greatly diminished sensitivity to the antiproliferative action of heparin have been reported. These heparin resistant (HR) VSMCs have been deri...

journal_title：Connective tissue research

authors： San Antonio JD,Verrecchio A,Pukac LA

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00