title: Distribution of tenascin-c and -X in rat TMJ development.
abstract: In the neonatal and postnatal development of rat TMJ, tenascin-C and -X were detected in the muscle, bone matrix, connective tissue around the bone, and blood vessel of rats at E18 (18-days old embryo), 0-, and 5-days postnatal. The reaction of tenascin-X was also found in the connective tissue around the mandibular condyle. The mRNA of tenascin-C (600 bp) and -X (588 bp) was also detected in the developmental muscle with the level of tenascin-C mRNA moderately decreased during development. Therefore, tenascin-C and -X may have different effects on the connective tissue during development of TMJ.
authors: Department of Anatomy, School of Dentistry at Tokyo, The Nippon Dental University, Tokyo Japan. iwaoa1@tokyo.ndu.ac.jp
authors: Iwao
authors: I
authors: Sato
authors: Ryuji
authors: R
authors: Ueno
authors: Akiko
authors: A
authors: Mikami
authors: Shohko
authors: S
authors: Kunimoto
authors: Masataka
authors: M
authors: Sunohara
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013704:Temporomandibular Joint / Q000196:embryology* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D019063:Tenascin / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D019063:Tenascin; C081865:tenascin X