Lipid transport and metabolism in healthy and osteoarthritic cartilage

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 20793-20808

  Villalvilla, Amanda ^a   Gómez, Rodolfo ^b   Largo, Raquel ^a   Herrero Beaumont, Gabriel ^a  

^a Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Fundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Cholesterol; Chondrocyte; Lipid; Nutrition; Osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN;

BONE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL METABOLISM; DIFFUSION; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID TRANSPORT; LIPOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; OSTEOARTHRITIS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBCHONDRAL BONE; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARTILAGE; CHONDROCYTES; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOR SERINE-THREONINE KINASES;

EID: 84885935481     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms141020793     Document Type: Review

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