Active role of chondrocyte apoptosis in endochondral ossification

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 191-204

  Gibson, Gary ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Bcl 2; Caspase; Matrix vesicles; Mitochondria; Terminal differentiation; TGF

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; BLOOD VESSELS; BONE; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MITOCHONDRIA;

ANGIOGENESIS; BCL-2; CASPASES; CHONDROCYTES; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ENDOCHONDRAL OSSIFICATION; MATRIX VESICLES; MITOCHONDRIAS; TERMINAL DIFFERENTIATION; TGF-Β;

CELL DEATH;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; CARTILAGE CELL; DNA DEGRADATION; ENCHONDRAL OSSIFICATION; GROWTH PLATE; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0032532584     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19981015)43:2<191::AID-JEMT10>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Review

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