Spinal Deformity in Aged Zebrafish Is Accompanied by Degenerative Changes to Their Vertebrae that Resemble Osteoarthritis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Hayes, Anthony J ^a   Reynolds, Scott ^b   Nowell, Mari A ^c   Meakin, Lee B ^b   Habicher, Judith ^d   Ledin, Johan ^d   Bashford, Andrew ^a   Caterson, Bruce ^a   Hammond, Chrissy L ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN SULFATE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN;

AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BONE ATROPHY; BONE DENSITY; BONE EROSION; BONE REMODELING; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; OSTEOPHYTE; OSTEOSCLEROSIS; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPONDYLOSIS; SULFATION; VERTEBRA DISLOCATION; ZEBRA FISH;

AGING; ANIMALS; BONE DENSITY; CARTILAGE; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; OSTEOARTHRITIS, SPINE; SPINAL CURVATURES; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84884565094     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075787     Document Type: Article

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