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Ectopic chondro-ossification and erroneous extracellular matrix deposition in a tendon window injury model.
Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society - 1 Jan 2012
Lui Pauline Po Yee, Cheuk Yau Chuk, Lee Yuk Wa, Chan Kai Ming
Abstract excerpt
The acquisition of chondro-osteogenic phenotypes and erroneous matrix deposition may account for poor tissue quality after acute tendon injury. We investigated the presence of chondrocyte phenotype, ossification, and the changes in the expression of major collagens and proteoglycans in the window wound in a rat patellar tendon window injury model using histology, von Kossa staining and immunohistochemistry of Sox...
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