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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
221

The role of mechanical tension in fibronectin matrix assembly /

Baneyx, Gretchen W., January 2001 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2001. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 86-103).
222

Characterization on the biochemical composition of collagen-hMSCs microspheres and their mechanical property during chondrogenic differentiation

Li, Chun-hei. January 2009 (has links)
Thesis (M. Phil.)--University of Hong Kong, 2010. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 87-95). Also available in print.
223

Structural changes of fibronectin during cell interactions and adsorption to surfaces measured using fluorescence resonance energy transfer /

Baugh, Jeffrey Loren. January 2003 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2003. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 71-79).
224

Transcriptioal [sic] and post-transcriptional regulation of extracellular enzyme production in Erwinia carotovora subsp. Carotovora /

Liu, Yang, January 2000 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2000. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet.
225

Transcriptioal [sic] and post-transcriptional regulation of extracellular enzyme production in Erwinia carotovora subsp. Carotovora

Liu, Yang, January 2000 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2000. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet.
226

Spectroscopic studies of apolipoprotein e and the low-density lipoprotein receptor /

Clayton, Daniel John. January 2001 (has links) (PDF)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Queensland, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references.
227

A morphological, histochemical and experimental study of the prostate gland and seminal vesicles of the guinea pig, with special reference to the stroma /

Chan Leung, Franky. January 1989 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hong Kong, 1989.
228

Einfluss von modifizierter extrazellulärer Matrix auf die Proteinexpression von Fibroblasten

Freiin von Feilitzsch, Margarete 30 June 2015 (has links) (PDF)
Der humanen dermalen Wundheilung liegt ein komplexes Zusammenspiel verschiedener Faktoren zugrunde. Die Bedeutung dieses fein regulierten Gleichgewichts wird deutlich, wenn es durch Fehlregulationen oder Störungen zu chronischen Wundheilungsstörungen oder lokaler Fibrose mit überschießender Narbenbildung kommt. Eine der möglichen Methoden zur Prävention und Behandlung ist die Deckung der Wunde mit einem Hautersatz. Dabei werden zunehmend sogenannte Biomaterialien aus natürlichen Substanzen mit hoher Biokompatibilität und der Möglichkeit zur Interaktion mit dem nativen Gewebe verwendet. In Studien wurde gezeigt, dass vor allem sulfatierte Glykosaminoglykan-Derivate durch die Interaktion ihrer negativ geladenen Sulfatgruppen mit Zytokinen, Wachstumsfaktoren und dermalen Zellen einen positiven Einfluss auf den Wundheilungsprozess haben können. In der vorliegenden Arbeit wurden daher kollagenbasierte artifizielle extrazelluläre Matrizes mit unsulfatierter oder sulfatierter Hyaluronsäure hinsichtlich ihres Einflusses auf humane dermale Fibroblasten als Komponenten der Wundheilung untersucht. Dermale Fibroblasten spielen im Ablauf der Wundheilung eine tragende Rolle und interagieren eng mit der umgebenden Matrix. Anhand ihrer Proteinexpression lassen sich Rückschlüsse auf wichtige Funktionen wie Adhäsion, Proliferation, Differenzierung und Matrixsynthese ziehen. In den durchgeführten Experimenten zeigte sich, dass sulfatierte Matrix in der Kultur mit dermalen Fibroblasten kein entzündliches Milieu förderte. Die Proliferation, Differenzierung und Migration der Fibroblasten schienen gesteigert, während sich die Matrix-Synthese und ihr Remodeling weder pathologisch gehemmt noch überschießend zeigten. Daher wäre die weitere Untersuchung dieses Biomaterials ein vielversprechender Ansatz, um langfristig dem Risiko von Wundheilungsstörungen wie chronischen Wunden oder fibroproliferativen Wundheilungsstörungen effektiv entgegenzuwirken.
229

Type IIA procollagen and the regulation of nodal signaling

Gao, Yuan, Gene., 高远. January 2011 (has links)
published_or_final_version / Biochemistry / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy
230

Functional analyses of type IIA procollagen in embryo development

Leung, Wai-lun, Alan., 梁瑋倫. January 2006 (has links)
Type II collagen is the major extracellular matrix (ECM) protein present in cartilage and is detected in non-chondrogenic tissues such as the heart and the neural tube during developmental stages involving rapid tissue morphogenesis indicating an active role played by the collagen in embryogenesis. Type II collagen is synthesized as a procollagen precursor which has amino- and carboxyl-terminal globular extensions (N- and C-propeptides) flanking a central triple helical domain. Two isoforms of type II procollagen are generated by alternative mRNA splicing of the exon 2: IIA and IIB. Sequence present in the N-propeptide of IIA, translated from the spliced-in exon 2, encodes a von Willebrand factor-like C cysteine rich (CR) domain. This domain is homologous to those present in regulators of the bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling such as chordin (Chd), twisted gastrulation (Tsg) and crossveinless (Cv). Previous in vitro binding assays and overexpression studies in frog embryo suggest that the CR domain of IIA antagonized BMP signaling. In order to give a better understanding of the function of IIA in embryonic development and cellular signaling, several approaches including expression pattern analyses, phenotypic analyses of null mutant and gain of function studies are employed in this study. Expression studies of IIA mRNA in early postimplantation mouse embryos find that it is present in the axial mesendoderm (including the anterior definitive endoderm [ADE] and the prechordal plate) which is a critical head organizer at neural plate (E7.5) and head process (E8.0) stages. Characterization of the IIA deficient mice (IIA-/-), constructed by removing exon 2 from type II collagen (Col2a1) gene by homologous recombination, indeed reveals that the anterior-most neural tissue is deficient at early somitogenesis denoted by reduction/loss of the forebrain/optic cup markers. Marker studies indicate that the ADE may already be affected at the neural plate stage in IIA-/-. The neural phenotype of IIA-/- displays significant similarities with mutants deficient in BMP pathway components such as Chd-/-;Nog+/-, Tsg-/- and Tsg-/-;BMP4+/- suggesting that IIA plays a role in maintaining the specification and/or regulating the signaling properties of the anterior midline tissue which involves regulation of BMP signaling. Results of ectopic expression of IIA in Xenopus laevis embryos suggest that IIA regulate BMP and the related Nodal signaling pathways in a context dependent manner which has significant implications in normal anterior neural plate development. Based on the work described in this thesis and the body of existing evidence, a model is presented which suggests that IIA promote/maintain anterior neural plate development by regulating the range and extent of BMP signaling in the anterior neural plate. This study sheds light on the role of an ECM component in regulating tissue patterning and cellular signaling during early mouse development and also provides putative function for the CR domain of other fibrillar procollagens including type I, III and V which is poorly understood currently. This work will provide the framework for the design of subsequent studies in re-examining the role of these fibrillar procollagens in embryogenesis. / published_or_final_version / Biochemistry / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy

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