Morphology of the bovine chondrocyte and of its cytoskeleton in isolation and in situ: Are chondrocytes ubiquitously paired through the entire layer of articular cartilage?

Rheumatology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1641-1646

  Sasazaki, Y ^a,b   Seedhom, B B ^a   Shore, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION MURAYAMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Articular cartilage; Chondrocyte; Cytoskeleton

Indexed keywords

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CALF (BOVINE); CARTILAGE CELL; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOSKELETON; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JOINT FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS FIBER; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CATTLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CHONDROCYTES; CYTOSKELETON; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KNEE JOINT; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; SEPHAROSE; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS; VIMENTIN;

EID: 54449087835     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ken341     Document Type: Article

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