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SUBMITTER: McClellan A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6391488 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
McClellan Alyce A Evans Richard R Sze Cheryl C Kan Shohei S Paterson Yasmin Y Guest Deborah D
Scientific reports 20190226 1
Interleukin 1β (IL-1β) is upregulated following tendon injury. Here we demonstrate that in adult and fetal tenocytes IL-1β increases the expression of matrix metalloproteinases, tenascin-C and Sox9 and decreases the expression of scleraxis and cartilage oligomeric matrix protein. When cultured in 3-dimensional collagen gels adult and fetal tenocytes exposed to IL-1β have reduced contraction ability and generate tendon-like constructs with a lower storage modulus. In contrast, equine embryonic st ...[more]