Zonal variations in the three-dimensional morphology of the chondron measured in situ using confocal microscopy

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 889-897

  Youn, I ^a   Choi, J B ^a,b   Cao, L ^a   Setton, L A ^a   Guilak, F ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Hansung University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Articular cartilage; Chondrocyte; Collagen; Extracellular matrix; Immunohistochemistry; Pericellular matrix; Three dimensional reconstruction; Type VI collagen

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR CONDYLE; FLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SWINE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CHONDROCYTES; COLLAGEN TYPE VI; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KNEE JOINT; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; SWINE; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

EID: 33746509137     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2006.02.017     Document Type: Article

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