Do chondrocytes undergo "activation" and "transdifferentiation" during the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis? A review of the ultrastructural and immunohistochemical evidence

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 21, Issue 7-9, 2006, Pages 793-802

  Kouri Flores, Jun B ^a   Lavalle, C ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b Hospital General de Xoco   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Chondrocytes; Immunohistochemistry; OA; Tansdifferentiation; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BONE REMODELING; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL CYCLE; CELL DEATH; CELL FUNCTION; CELL TYPE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GOLGI COMPLEX; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MITOSIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DISEASE MODEL; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHONDROCYTES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OSTEOARTHRITIS;

EID: 33645779796     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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