The deformation behavior and mechanical properties of chondrocytes in articular cartilage

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-70

  Guilak, Farshid ^a,b,c   Jones, Wendy R ^a,b   Ting Beall, H Ping ^c   Lee, Greta M ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cartilage mechanics; Confocal microscopy; Mechanotransduction; Micropipette aspiration; Pericellular matrix; Type VI collagen

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL INTERACTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MECHANICAL STRESS; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0032990973     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/joca.1998.0162     Document Type: Article

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