Cell and matrix morpho-functional analysis in chondrocyte micromasses

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 286-295

  Battistelli, Michela ^a   Borzì, Rosa Maria ^b   Olivotto, Eleonora ^b   Vitellozzi, Roberta ^b   Burattini, Sabrina ^a   Facchini, Andrea ^b   Falcieri, Elisabetta ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^b RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chondrocytes; Differentiation; Electron microscopy; Extracellular matrix; Immunofluorescence; Micromass

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PELLETIZING; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CHONDROCYTES; CHONDROITIN; CULTURE MODELLING; DIFFERENTIATION; EXTRACELLULAR; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MATRIX; MICROMASS; ULTRASTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

CARTILAGE;

AGGRECAN; CHEMOKINE; CHONDROITIN 4 SULFATE; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; INTERLEUKIN 8;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL CONTACT; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 26844554339     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20210     Document Type: Article

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