The pericellular matrix as a transducer of biomechanical and biochemical signals in articular cartilage

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1068, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 498-512

  Guilak, Farshid ^a   Alexopoulos, Leonidas G ^a   Upton, Maureen L ^a   Youn, Inchan ^a   Choi, Jae Bong ^a   Cao, Li ^a   Setton, Lori A ^a   Haider, Mansoor A ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Articular cartilage; Chondrocyte; Chondron; Collagen; Collagen VI; Osteoarthritis; Proteoglycan

Indexed keywords

AGGRECAN; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; COLLAGEN TYPE 6; COLLAGEN TYPE 9; DECORIN; FIBRONECTIN; HYALURONIC ACID; PROTEOGLYCAN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL ISOLATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PERICELLULAR MATRIX; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 33744724912     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1346.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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