In vitro culture of enzymatically isolated chondrons: A possible model for the initiation of osteoarthritis

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 209, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 793-806

  Ross, Jacqui M ^a   Sherwin, A F ^a   Poole, C A ^a  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agarose gel; Alginate bead; Chondrocyte; Chondron; Confocal microscopy

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; ALGINIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; COLLAGEN TYPE 6; ENZYME; FIBRONECTIN; KERATAN SULFATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SWELLING; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGINATES; ANIMALS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CELL MOVEMENT; CHONDROCYTES; COLLAGEN TYPE II; COLLAGEN TYPE IV; DOGS; FIBRONECTINS; GELS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATAN SULFATE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSPHERES; MODELS, ANIMAL; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SEPHAROSE; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 33751214238     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2006.00651.x     Document Type: Article

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