Cyclic loading opens hemichannels to release ATP as part of a chondrocyte mechanotransduction pathway

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 510-515

  Garcia, Mariana ^a   Knight, Martin M ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ATP; Calcium; Chondrocyte; Connexin; Hemichannels; Mechanotransduction

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AGAROSE; APYRASE; FLUFENAMIC ACID; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; HEMICHANNEL; LUCIFER YELLOW; LUCIFERASE; LUCIFERIN; PURINERGIC P2 RECEPTOR; SURAMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FLUORESCENT DYE; ISOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BULLOCK; CARTILAGE CELL; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYCLIC COMPRESSION; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MALE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CATTLE; CYTOLOGY; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CATTLE; CHONDROCYTES; CONNEXINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; ISOQUINOLINES; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 77949507266     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: 1554527X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.21025     Document Type: Article

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