Cartilage is held together by elastic glycan strings. Physiological and pathological implications

Biorheology

Volumn 45, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 209-217

  Scott, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggrecan; Collagen fibrils; Decoran; Osteoarthrosis; Proteoglycans; Shape modules

Indexed keywords

AGGRECAN; COLLAGEN FIBRIL; GLYCAN; HYALURONIC ACID;

ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; EDEMA; ELASTIC CARTILAGE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS;

AGGRECANS; ANIMALS; CARTILAGE; CHONDROITIN SULFATE PROTEOGLYCANS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTICITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HYDROGEN BONDING; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; KERATAN SULFATE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RABBITS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 52449100731     PISSN: 0006355X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/BIR-2008-0477     Document Type: Conference Paper

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