Micromechanical mapping of early osteoarthritic changes in the pericellular matrix of human articular cartilage

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1895-1903

  Wilusz, R E ^a,b   Zauscher, S ^b   Guilak, F ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Chondron; Proteoglycan; Scanning probe microscopy; Type VI collagen

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 6;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE CELL; CARTILAGE MATRIX; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FEMUR CONDYLE; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT CAVITY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; PERICELLULAR MATRIX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SECTION; YOUNG MODULUS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHONDRON; PROTEOGLYCAN; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; TYPE VI COLLAGEN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHONDROCYTES; COLLAGEN TYPE VI; ELASTIC MODULUS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, SCANNING PROBE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE;

EID: 84888872289     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: 15229653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2013.08.026     Document Type: Article

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