Immunofluorescence-guided atomic force microscopy to measure the micromechanical properties of the pericellular matrix of porcine articular cartilage

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 9, Issue 76, 2012, Pages 2997-3007

  Wilusz, Rebecca E ^a,b   DeFrate, Louis E ^a,b   Guilak, Farshid ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Chondron; Indentation; Proteoglycan; Scanning probe microscope

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; BODY FLUIDS; CARTILAGE; ELASTIC MODULI; FLUORESCENCE; INDENTATION; TISSUE;

ARTICULAR CARTILAGES; ARTICULAR SURFACES; BIOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; CHONDROCYTES; CHONDRON; CONTROL EXPERIMENTS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; IMMUNOLABELLING; IN-SITU; MATRIX REGIONS; MICRO-MECHANICAL; MICROMECHANICAL PROPERTY; PERICELLULAR MATRIX; PROTEOGLYCANS; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPE; SITE-SPECIFIC; STIFFNESS MAPPING; THREE ZONES; TISSUE SAMPLES;

COLLAGEN;

COLLAGEN TYPE 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MICROENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NONHUMAN; PERICELLULAR MATRIX; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SWINE;

EID: 84867468938     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2012.0314     Document Type: Article

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