Chondroitin sulphate and heparan sulphate sulphation motifs and their proteoglycans are involved in articular cartilage formation during human foetal knee joint development

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 461-475

  Melrose, James ^a   Isaacs, Marc D ^b   Smith, Susan M ^a   Hughes, Clare E ^b   Little, Christopher B ^a   Caterson, Bruce ^b   Hayes, Anthony J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Articular cartilage; Chondroitin sulphate; FGF; Glypican; Heparan sulphate; Perlecan; Syndecan

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN SULFATE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GLYPICAN; HEPARAN SULFATE; PERLECAN; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATE; PROTEOHEPARAN SULFATE; SYNDECAN 4;

ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CHONDROGENESIS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT CAVITY; KNEE JOINT DEVELOPMENT; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SULFATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ZONATION;

CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CHONDROITIN SULFATES; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; HEPARAN SULFATE PROTEOGLYCANS; HEPARITIN SULFATE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KNEE JOINT; PROTEOGLYCANS; SYNDECAN-4;

EID: 84867336141     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: 1432119X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00418-012-0968-6     Document Type: Article

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