Tang Yin Nei. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves xv-xxv). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / ACKNOWLEDGEMENT --- p.i / ABBREVIATIONS --- p.ii-iii / INDEX FOR FIGURES --- p.iv-v / INDEX FOR TABLES --- p.vi / ABSTRACT (Chinese and English) --- p.vii-xi / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.xii-xiv / Chapter CHAPTER I 226}0ؤ --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Background --- p.2 / Chapter 1.2 --- Tendon / Chapter 1.2.1 --- Structure and function --- p.3 / Chapter 1.2.2 --- Tendon fibroblast --- p.6 / Chapter 1.2.3 --- Components of the extracellular matrix --- p.7 / Chapter 1.2.3.1 --- Collagen --- p.8 / Chapter 1.2.3.2 --- Proteoglycan --- p.9 / Chapter 1.2.3.3 --- Non-collagenous structural glycoprotein --- p.10 / Chapter 1.3 --- Inflammation disorders of tendon / Chapter 1.3.1 --- Inflammation --- p.11 / Chapter 1.3.2 --- Treatment --- p.12 / Chapter 1.3.2.1 --- Glucocorticoid as an anti-inflammatory agent --- p.12 / Chapter 1.3.2.2 --- Dexamethasone --- p.14 / Chapter 1.3.3 --- Clinical occurrence of tendon rupture --- p.15 / Chapter 1.3.4 --- Animal research related to glucocorticoids and tendon rupture --- p.18 / Chapter 1.4 --- Platelet-derived growth factor isoform B (PDGFBB) / Chapter 1.4.1 --- Structure and function --- p.21 / Chapter 1.4.2 --- PDGFbb effects on connective tissue --- p.22 / Chapter CHAPTER II 226}0ؤ --- AIM OF THE STUDY --- p.23 / Chapter 2.1 --- Limitations of the past researches --- p.24 / Chapter 2.2 --- Hypothesis of this study --- p.25 / Chapter 2.3 --- Objectives --- p.26 / Chapter 2.4 --- Long term significance --- p.26 / Chapter CHAPTER III 226}0ؤ --- METHODOLOGY --- p.27 / Chapter 3.1 --- Chemicals and materials used / Chapter 3.1.1 --- Chemicals --- p.28 / Chapter 3.1.2 --- Materials --- p.28 / Chapter 3.2 --- Specimen collection and preparation / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Collection --- p.29 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Preparation and isolation --- p.30 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- Cell culture --- p.31 / Chapter 3.3 --- Reagent preparation / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Charcoal-stripped serum --- p.32 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Phenol-red free DMEM --- p.33 / Chapter 3.3.3 --- MTT --- p.33 / Chapter 3.3.4 --- Dexamethasone --- p.34 / Chapter 3.3.5 --- PDGFbb --- p.34 / Chapter 3.3.6 --- Trypan blue --- p.35 / Chapter 3.3.7 --- TCA/Tannic acid --- p.35 / Chapter 3.3.8 --- Collagenase buffer --- p.35 / Chapter 3.4 --- Morphology / Chapter 3.4.1 --- Inverted phase contrast light microscopy --- p.36 / Chapter 3.4.2 --- Scanning electron microscopy --- p.36 / Chapter 3.5 --- Biological assays / Chapter 3.5.1 --- "MTT (3-[4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl]2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide) assay" --- p.38 / Chapter 3.5.1.1 --- Correlation between MTT assay and trypan blue dye method --- p.38 / Chapter 3.5.1.2 --- Growth kinetics for tendon fibroblasts --- p.41 / Chapter 3.5.1.3 --- Cell viability --- p.43 / Chapter 3.5.2 --- Brdu (5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine) assay --- p.44 / Chapter 3.5.3 --- Flow cytometry --- p.45 / Chapter 3.5.4 --- Apoptosis --- p.47 / Chapter 3.5.5 --- 3H-Proline incorporation assay --- p.48 / Chapter 3.5.6 --- 35Sulfate incorporation assay --- p.51 / Chapter 3.5.7 --- Immunocytochemistry (PDGF-β receptor) --- p.54 / Chapter 3.6 --- Statistical analysis / Chapter 3.6.1 --- Dose-response curve of dexamethasone on cell viability and proliferation --- p.55 / Chapter 3.6.2 --- Comparison among various treatments of fibroblasts --- p.55 / Chapter CHAPTER I´Vؤ --- RESULTS --- p.56 / Chapter 4.1 --- In vitro effect of dexamethasone on rat tendon fibroblasts / Chapter 4.1.1 --- Viable cell number between two sexes --- p.57 / Chapter 4.2 --- In vitro effect of dexamethasone and PDGFBB on human tendon fibroblasts / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Gross morphology --- p.58 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Cell cycle --- p.60 / Chapter 4.2.3 --- Apoptosis --- p.61 / Chapter 4.2.4 --- Viable cell number / Chapter 4.2.4.1 --- Effect of dexamethasone --- p.62 / Chapter 4.2.4.2 --- Effect of PDGFBB --- p.63 / Chapter 4.2.5 --- Cell proliferation / Chapter 4.2.5.1 --- Effect of dexamethasone --- p.65 / Chapter 4.2.5.2 --- Effect of PDGFbb --- p.67 / Chapter 4.2.6 --- Collagen synthesis --- p.68 / Chapter 4.2.7 --- Proteoglycan synthesis --- p.72 / Chapter 4.2.8 --- PDGF-rβ expression --- p.74 / Chapter CHAPTER V 226}0ؤ --- DISCUSSION --- p.75 / Chapter 5.1 --- Dexamethasone and PDGFBB induced change of cell morphology --- p.77 / Chapter 5.2 --- Dexamethasone retarded cell growth of human tendon fibroblast --- p.80 / Chapter 5.3 --- Dexamethasone inhibited collagen synthesis --- p.82 / Chapter 5.4 --- Dexamethasone inhibited proteoglycan synthesis --- p.86 / Chapter 5.5 --- PDGFbb could counteract the inhibitory effects of dexamethasone --- p.88 / Chapter 5.6 --- Expression of PDGF-(3 receptor is regulated by dexamethasone and PDGFBB --- p.90 / Chapter 5.7 --- Limitations of this study / Chapter 5.7.1 --- Not enough sample to differentiate different between two sexes --- p.92 / Chapter 5.7.2 --- Small sample size and few assays --- p.92 / Chapter 5.7.3 --- Limitations of the cell culture model --- p.93 / Chapter 5.7.4 --- Difficult to further in vivo study on human --- p.93 / Chapter 5.8 --- Contributions of this study / Chapter 5.8.1 --- Improve the limitation of the past research --- p.94 / Chapter 5.8.1.1 --- Human tendon specimen --- p.94 / Chapter 5.8.1.2 --- In vitro system --- p.94 / Chapter 5.8.2 --- Understand the effect of dexmaethasone on human tendon fibroblasts --- p.95 / Chapter 5.8.3 --- Counteract the deleterious effects of dexamethasone by PDGFBB --- p.95 / Chapter CHAPTER VÍؤ --- CONCLUSION & FUTURE STUDY --- p.96 / Chapter 6.1 --- Conclusion --- p.97 / Chapter 6.2 --- Future study --- p.98 / Chapter 6.2.1 --- Study the balance between matrix synthesis and degradation --- p.98 / Chapter 6.2.2 --- Determine collagen typing --- p.99 / Chapter 6.2.3 --- Further explore the effect of glucocorticoid in organ culture model --- p.100 / Chapter 6.2.4 --- Investigate molecular mechanism of dexamethasone and PDGFBB --- p.100 / REFERENCES --- p.xv-xxv / APPENDIX --- p.xxvi

by Chan Pui, Barbara. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-151). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Mode of access: World Wide Web. / Abstracts in English and Chinese.