Identification of Pathways Mediating Growth Differentiation Factor5-Induced Tenogenic Differentiation in Human Bone Marrow Stromal Cells

Sik-Loo Tan; Tunku Sara Ahmad; Wuey-Min Ng; Amir Abbas Azlina; Mahmood Merican Azhar; Lakshmi Selvaratnam; Tunku Kamarul

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0140869

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Identification of Pathways Mediating Growth Differentiation Factor5-Induced Tenogenic Differentiation in Human Bone Marrow Stromal Cells

Sik-Loo Tan ,

* E-mail: tansikloo@gmail.com (SLT); tkzrea@um.edu.my (TK)

Affiliation Tissue Engineering Group (TEG), National Orthopaedic Centre of Excellence for Research and Learning (NOCERAL), Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Pantai Valley, Kuala Lumpur, 50603, Malaysia
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Tunku Sara Ahmad,

Affiliation Tissue Engineering Group (TEG), National Orthopaedic Centre of Excellence for Research and Learning (NOCERAL), Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Pantai Valley, Kuala Lumpur, 50603, Malaysia
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Wuey-Min Ng,

Affiliation Tissue Engineering Group (TEG), National Orthopaedic Centre of Excellence for Research and Learning (NOCERAL), Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Pantai Valley, Kuala Lumpur, 50603, Malaysia
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Amir Abbas Azlina,

Affiliation Tissue Engineering Group (TEG), National Orthopaedic Centre of Excellence for Research and Learning (NOCERAL), Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Pantai Valley, Kuala Lumpur, 50603, Malaysia
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Mahmood Merican Azhar,

Affiliation Tissue Engineering Group (TEG), National Orthopaedic Centre of Excellence for Research and Learning (NOCERAL), Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Pantai Valley, Kuala Lumpur, 50603, Malaysia
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Lakshmi Selvaratnam,

Affiliation School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Monash University, Sunway Campus, Selangor, Malaysia
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Tunku Kamarul

* E-mail: tansikloo@gmail.com (SLT); tkzrea@um.edu.my (TK)

Affiliation Tissue Engineering Group (TEG), National Orthopaedic Centre of Excellence for Research and Learning (NOCERAL), Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Pantai Valley, Kuala Lumpur, 50603, Malaysia
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Identification of Pathways Mediating Growth Differentiation Factor5-Induced Tenogenic Differentiation in Human Bone Marrow Stromal Cells

Sik-Loo Tan,
Tunku Sara Ahmad,
Wuey-Min Ng,
Amir Abbas Azlina,
Mahmood Merican Azhar,
Lakshmi Selvaratnam,
Tunku Kamarul

Published: November 3, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0140869

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