Effect of continuous high hydrostatic pressure on the morphology and cytoskeleton of normal and osteoarhtritic human chondrocytes cultivated in alginate gels

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 847-853

  Fioravanti, Antonella ^a,b   Benetti, D ^a   Coppola, G ^a   Collodel, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chondrocytes; Continuous high hydrostatic pressure; Cytoskeleton; Osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALGINIC ACID; COLLAGEN; PROTEOGLYCAN; TUBULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOSKELETON; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEOGLYCAN SYNTHESIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AGED; ALGINATES; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; CHONDROCYTES; CYTOSKELETON; FEMALE; GELS; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; HUMANS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS;

EID: 29944442866     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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