The Mechanobiology of Articular Cartilage: Bearing the Burden of Osteoarthritis

Current Rheumatology Reports

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1-9

  Sanchez Adams, Johannah ^a   Leddy, Holly A ^a   McNulty, Amy L ^a   O’Conor, Christopher J ^a,b   Guilak, Farshid ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal models; Atomic force microscopy; Chondrocyte; Collagen; Deformation; Extracellular matrix; Growth factors; Inflammation; Interleukin 1; Loading; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mechanotransduction; Pericellular matrix; Primary cilia; Proinflammatory cytokines; Proteoglycan; Strain; TRPV4

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR; SOMATOMEDIN C; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY FLUID COMPARTMENT; CARTILAGE CELL; CARTILAGE MATRIX; CHONDROPATHY; DISEASE MODEL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PERICELLULAR MATRIX; PHYSICAL STRESS; REVIEW; TISSUE ENGINEERING; PATHOLOGY;

CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CHONDROCYTES; HUMANS; OSTEOARTHRITIS;

EID: 84957601465     PISSN: 15233774     EISSN: 15346307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11926-014-0451-6     Document Type: Review

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