Articular cartilage functional histomorphology and mechanobiology: A research perspective

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Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-13

  Wong, M ^a,d   Carter, D R ^b,c  

^a ITI Res Inst Dent/Skeletal Biol   (Switzerland)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Articular cartilage; Extracellular matrix; Histomorphology; Mechanical loading; Mechanotransduction

Indexed keywords

AGGRECAN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; COLLAGEN; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; CYCLINE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; MATRIX PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PARATHYROID HORMONE RELATED PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE C; SCLEROPROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TROPONIN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOLOGY; BONE DEFORMATION; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CALCIFICATION; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; COMPRESSION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FLUID FLOW; FORCE; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; IN VIVO STUDY; JOINT; JOINT PRESSURE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS; THICKNESS; TISSUE CULTURE; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0043208840     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S8756-3282(03)00083-8     Document Type: Review

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