Lubricin and surfacing of articular joints

Current Opinion in Orthopaedics

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 355-359

  Jay, Gregory D ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary lubrication; Camptodactyly arthropathy coxa vara pericarditis syndrome; Lamina splendens; Lubricin; Osteoarthritis; Superficial zone protein; Synovial fluid; Traumatic synovitis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FACTOR; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; HYALURONIC ACID; LIPID; LUBRICATING AGENT; LUBRICIN; MEGAKARYOCYTE STIMULATING FACTOR; PROTEIN; SUPERFICIAL ZONE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL PROTECTION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LAMINA SPLENDENS; LUBRICATION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN DISTRIBUTION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REVIEW; SCAFFOLD; SYNOVIOCYTE; SYNOVITIS; SYNOVIUM; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE LEVEL;

EID: 4544256289     PISSN: 10419918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bco.0000136127.00043.a8     Document Type: Review

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