Involvement of the cytoskeletal elements in articular cartilage homeostasis and pathology

International Journal of Experimental Pathology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-15

  Blain, Emma J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actin microfilaments; Articular cartilage; Chondrocyte; Cytoskeleton; Tubulin microtubules; Vimentin intermediate filaments

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; TUBULIN; VIMENTIN;

ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SECRETION; CELL SHAPE; CELL TYPE; CYTOSKELETON; ENDOCYTOSIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; JOINT; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CHONDROCYTES; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MICROFILAMENTS; MICROTUBULES; OSTEOARTHRITIS;

EID: 58549119194     PISSN: 09599673     EISSN: 13652613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2613.2008.00625.x     Document Type: Review

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