Combined Effects of Estrogen and Mechanical Loading on Anterior Cruciate Ligament Fibroblast Biosynthesis
Author(s) -
Xuhui Liu,
ZongPing Luo
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
the scientific world journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.453
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 2356-6140
pISSN - 1537-744X
DOI - 10.1100/tsw.2005.6
Subject(s) - anterior cruciate ligament , estrogen , extracellular matrix , fibroblast , biosynthesis , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , chemistry , gene , biology , endocrinology , anatomy , cell culture , biochemistry , genetics
For some time, estrogen has been suspected to play a negative role in anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) fibroblast biosynthesis; however, reports on this issue have been controversial. In a recent study, our group demonstrated a negative combined effect of estrogen and mechanical loading on the gene expression of major extracellular matrix component molecules in ACL fibroblasts.
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