Biaxial strain effects on cells from the inner and outer regions of the meniscus

Connective Tissue Research

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 207-214

  Upton, Maureen L ^a   Hennerbichler, Alfred ^b,c   Fermor, Beverly ^c   Guilak, Farshid ^a,c   Weinberg, J Brice ^c   Setton, Lori A ^a,c  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Mechanobiology; Meniscus; Nitric oxide; Regional; Stretch

Indexed keywords

INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL POPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; IN VITRO STUDY; KNEE MENISCUS; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SWINE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE BLOOD FLOW;

AGGRECANS; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; COLLAGEN TYPE I; COLLAGEN TYPE II; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; LECTINS, C-TYPE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATES; PROTEOGLYCANS; STIFLE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SWINE;

EID: 33749060046     PISSN: 03008207     EISSN: 16078438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03008200600846663     Document Type: Article

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