Are cellular mechanosensors potential therapeutic targets in osteoarthritis?

International Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 155-167

  Drexler, Stefan ^a   Wann, Angus ^b   Vincent, Tonia L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

animal models; fibroblast growth factor 2; ion channels; mechanotransduction; osteoarthritis; pericellular matrix; primary cilium

Indexed keywords

DISCOIDIN DOMAIN RECEPTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; INTEGRIN; ION CHANNEL; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 4;

BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL FUNCTION; DISEASE MODEL; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANOSENSING; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW;

EID: 84899835290     PISSN: 17584272     EISSN: 17584280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/ijr.14.15     Document Type: Review

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