Biomechanics-driven chondrogenesis: From embryo to adult

FASEB Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3614-3624

  Responte, Donald J ^a   Lee, Jennifer K ^a   Hu, Jerry C ^a   Athanasiou, Kyriacos A ^a  

^a University of California Davis   (United States)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Chondrocyte; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9;

BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE CELL; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL TYPE; CHONDROGENESIS; COMPRESSION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HOMEOSTASIS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CHONDROGENESIS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; REGENERATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84865702883     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.12-207241     Document Type: Review

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