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Interestingly, the tenascin gene has been reported to be IL-1-inducible in synovial cells and chondrocytes, and its expression is enhanced in rheumatoid arthritis and OA [ 46, 47].
Similarly, in birds, a polymorphism at the tenascin locus (which lies a few megabases proximal to Tlr4 in mice) predicts susceptibility to Gram-negative infection [ 30], suggesting that it may lie in linkage disequilibrium with a particular form of the avian Tlr4 gene.
Furthermore, tenascin and fibronectin staining of the specimens would allow for better understanding of the corneal healing process.
As the clot is digested by plasmin, fibroblasts replace it with cellular FN, tenascin (TN) and Coll III [ 12 13 ] . These extracellular matrix proteins are critical for migration of endothelial cells, keratinocytes and additional fibroblasts into the wound and are important for proper generation of healthy healing tissue.
A possible physiologic consequence of IL-1β-induced tenascin expression is that it may promote chondrocyte migration towards the sites of lesions in OA [ 47].
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