Distribution of chondrocytes containing alpha-smooth muscle actin in human normal, osteoarthrotic, and transplanted articular cartilage

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 204, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 883-890

  Povýšil, Ctibor ^a   Kaňa, Radim ^b   Dundr, Pavel ^a   Tvrdík, Daniel ^a   Horák, Martin ^c   Vaculík, Jan ^c   Podškubka, Aleš ^c   Kubeš, Radovan ^c  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BULOVKA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Actin positive chondrocytes; Articular cartilage; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DESMIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN S 100; RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; AUTOPSY; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL REGENERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHONDROPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FIBROCARTILAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUDDEN DEATH; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ACTINS; ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD34; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CHONDROCYTES; DESMIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; S100 PROTEINS;

EID: 57049103960     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2008.05.005     Document Type: Article

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