Elevated levels of β-catenin and fibronectin in three-dimensional collagen cultures of Dupuytren's disease cells are regulated by tension <it>in vitro</it>

Elevated levels of β-catenin and fibronectin in three-dimensional collagen cultures of Dupuytren's disease cells are regulated by tension <it>in vitro</it>

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Dupuytren's contracture or disease (DD) is a fibro-proliferative disease of the hand that results in the development of scar-like, collagen-rich disease cords within specific palmar fascia bands. Although the molecular pathology...

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Main Authors: Varallo Vincenzo M, Howard Jeffrey C, Ross Douglas C, Roth James H, Faber Kenneth J, Alman Benjamin, Gan Bing
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2003-07-01
Series:BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2474/4/16

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