Effect of Age and Cytoskeletal Elements on the Indentation-Dependent Mechanical Properties of Chondrocytes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Chahine, Nadeen O ^a   Blanchette, Craig ^b   Thomas, Cynthia B ^b   Lu, Jeffrey ^c   Haudenschild, Dominik ^c   Loots, Gabriela G ^b,d  

^a DONALD AND BARBARA ZUCKER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT HOFSTRA NORTHWELL   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; VIMENTIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BONE AGE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL DISRUPTION; CELL KINETICS; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; CYTOSKELETON; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; KNEE; MECHANICAL TORSION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VISCOELASTICITY;

AGING; ANIMALS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CATTLE; CHONDROCYTES; CYTOSKELETON; ELASTIC MODULUS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

BOVINAE;

EID: 84876172330     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061651     Document Type: Article

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