The biology of Lubricin: Near frictionless joint motion

Matrix Biology

Volumn 39, Issue , 2014, Pages 17-24

  Jay, Gregory D ^a,b   Waller, Kimberly A ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Brown University   (United States)

^c RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chondrocytes; Lubricin; Mouse; Osteoarthritis; Tribology

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; HYALURONIC ACID; LIPID; LUBRICIN; PROTEIN; SUPERFICIAL ZONE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTHROPATHY; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CAMPTODACTYLY ARTHROPATHY COXA VARA PERICARDITIS SYNDROME; CHONDROPROTECTION; FRICTION; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; ANIMAL; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE CELL; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CHONDROCYTES; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; OSTEOARTHRITIS;

EID: 84908286467     PISSN: 0945053X     EISSN: 15691802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matbio.2014.08.008     Document Type: Review

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