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Fibrocartilage

 
 
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Disease relevance of Fibrocartilage

 

High impact information on Fibrocartilage

  • In the control cases, the BMPRs and ActRs were only weakly expressed in the fibrocartilage tissue at the site of ligament attachments to bone and OP-1/BMP-7 was not detected [4].
  • TGF beta 1 stimulates PPi elaboration from hyaline cartilage, fibrocartilage, and ligament, indicating that there is in situ CPPD crystal formation in these tissues [5].
  • Meniscal fibrocartilage, the most common site of calcium pyrophosphate deposits, also elaborate PPi [6].
  • Relaxin administration significantly increased the length (140 +/- 6%) and weight (170 +/- 9%) of the interpubic fibrocartilage in estrogen-primed rats (n = 15) [7].
  • We observed a strong endostatin/collagen XVIII production in articular and fibrocartilage and an inhibitory potency concerning the VEGF-signalling pathway [8].
 

Biological context of Fibrocartilage

  • Chondroitin 6 sulphate and type II collagen are the most consistent markers of the fibrocartilage phenotype and most of the chondroitin 6 sulphate is probably associated with aggrecan [9].
  • The purpose of this study was to elucidate the expression of proto-oncogene Bcl-2 (anti-apoptotic) and Bax (pro-apoptotic) in fibrocartilage of the disc and hyaline cartilage of the condyle in the rabbit craniomandibular joint (CMJ) [10].
 

Anatomical context of Fibrocartilage

 

Associations of Fibrocartilage with chemical compounds

  • Fibrocartilage was suggested by histological appearance, hypocellularity, and a higher hydroxyproline content [16].
  • The present study was undertaken to look for more subtle evidence of thermal alteration of human fibrocartilage treated with CO2 laser irradiation [17].
  • Further analyses have shown that a large CS-bearing proteoglycan is found in the fibrocartilage [18].
  • The selective changes in large proteoglycan and biglycan synthesis, and in the sulfate composition and size of the glycosminoglycan chains, are consistent with what might be expected during development of fibrocartilage in vivo [19].
  • The superior fixation of unstable HA implants compared with unstable Ti implants may be ascribed to the presence of fibrocartilage, a higher collagen concentration, and radiating orientation of collagen fibers in the membrane [20].
 

Gene context of Fibrocartilage

 

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Fibrocartilage

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