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The effects of high magnitude cyclic tensile load on cartilage matrix metabolism in cultured chondrocytes.
European journal of cell biology - 1 Sept 2000
Honda K, Ohno S, Tanimoto K, Ijuin C, Tanaka N, Doi T, Kato Y, Tanne K
Abstract excerpt
Excessive mechanical load is thought to be responsible for the onset of osteoarthrosis (OA), but the mechanisms of cartilage destruction caused by mechanical loads remain unknown. In this study we applied a high magnitude cyclic tensile load to cultured chondrocytes using a Flexercell strain unit, which produces a change in cell morphology from a polygonal to spindle-like shape, and examined the protein level of...
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