A direct compression stimulator for articular cartilage and meniscal explants

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1463-1474

  Aufderheide, Adam C ^a   Athanasiou, Kyriacos A ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cartilage explants; Direct compression; Dynamic stimulation; Gene expression; Meniscal explants

Indexed keywords

CARTILAGE EXPLANTS; DIRECT COMPRESSION; DYNAMIC STIMULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MENISCAL EXPLANTS;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DATA ACQUISITION; GENES; MEDICAL IMAGING; PROTEINS; TISSUE;

CARTILAGE;

AGGRECAN; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; LECTIN; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATE; SCLEROPROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; KNEE; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGGRECANS; ANIMALS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CATTLE; COLLAGEN TYPE II; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; KNEE JOINT; LECTINS, C-TYPE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33749025308     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-006-9157-x     Document Type: Article

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