Regulation of immature cartilage growth by IGF-I, TGF-β1, BMP-7, and PDGF-AB: Role of metabolic balance between fixed charge and collagen network

Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 263-276

  Asanbaeva, Anna ^a   Masuda, Koichi ^b   Thonar, Eugene J M A ^b,c   Klisch, Stephen M ^d   Sah, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY FLUIDS; CARTILAGE; COLLAGEN; LIGAMENTS; METABOLISM; PEPTIDES; PHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RELIABILITY;

BALANCE (WEIGHTING); BASAL MEDIUM (BM); BOVINE ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE GROWTH; CHONDROCYTE; COMPOSITIONAL CHANGES; FIXED CHARGES; GROWTH FACTORS; PROTEOGLYCAN (PG); PROTEOGLYCANS (PG); TISSUE GROWTH; TISSUE HOMEOSTASIS;

ECOLOGY;

BOVINAE;

COLLAGEN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CATTLE; COLLAGEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 47849106714     PISSN: 16177959     EISSN: 16822978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10237-007-0096-8     Document Type: Article

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