Hypertrophy and physiological death of equine chondrocytes in vitro

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 546-552

  Ahmed, Y A ^a   Tatarczuch, L ^a   Pagel, C N ^a   Davies, H M ^a   Mirams, M ^a   Mackie, E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Endochondral ossification; Horse; Hypertrophic chondrocyte; Pellet culture; Physiological cell death

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE;

COLLAGEN TYPE 2; COLLAGENASE 3; MESSENGER RNA;

AGE; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CELL INCLUSION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; OSTEOCHONDRITIS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APOPTOSIS; CELL DEATH; CELLS, CULTURED; CHONDROCYTES; COLLAGEN TYPE II; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INCLUSION BODIES; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 13; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OSTEOCHONDRITIS; OSTEOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 38449118940     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516407X223699     Document Type: Article

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