Morphological and cytoskeletal aspects of cultivated normal and osteoarthritic human articular chondrocytes after cyclical pressure: A pilot study

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 739-746

  Fioravanti, A ^a   Nerucci, F ^a   Annefeld, M ^b   Collodel, G ^a   Marcolongo, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b Rotta Research Laboratorium   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chondrocytes; Cytoskeleton; Hydrostatic pressure; Osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; TUBULIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IN VITRO STUDY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PILOT STUDY; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADULT; AGED; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELLS, CULTURED; CHONDROCYTES; CYTOSKELETON; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PILOT PROJECTS; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0347519210     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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