Regulatory mechanisms of chondrogenesis and implications for understanding articular cartilage homeostasis

Current Rheumatology Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 136-147

  Hidaka, Chisa ^a   Goldring, Mary B ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Chondrogenesis; Homeostasis; In articular cartilage; Osteoarthritis; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; WNT PROTEIN;

AGING; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE STRUCTURE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL ENLARGEMENT; CELL MATURATION; CELL METABOLISM; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHONDROGENESIS; DISEASE COURSE; ENCHONDRAL OSSIFICATION; HUMAN; LIMB BUD; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOGENESIS; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; UPREGULATION;

EID: 53649088315     PISSN: 15733971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157339708785133541     Document Type: Review

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