Changes in collagen fibril network organization and proteoglycan distribution in equine articular cartilage during maturation and growth

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 215, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 584-591

  Hyttinen, Mika M ^a   Holopainen, Jaakko ^a   van Weeren, P René ^b   Firth, Elwyn C ^c   Helminen, Heikki J ^a   Brama, Pieter A J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Collagen; Horse; Maturation; Parallelism; Proteoglycans

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL; PROTEOGLYCAN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CHONDROGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; FOAL; GAIT; HORSE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MICROSCOPY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHEAR STRESS; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGING; ANIMALS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; HORSES; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; PROTEOGLYCANS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 71049128572     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2009.01140.x     Document Type: Article

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