Article
[Current concepts on cartilage collagens and their association with disease].
Revista de investigacion clinica; organo del Hospital de Enfermedades de la Nutricion - 1 Jan 2000
Weckmann A L, Cabral A R
Abstract excerpt
The main functional role of the collagenous cartilage fibers is to form a stable network to counteract the hydrodynamic pressure generated by the highly hydrodynamic proteoglycan aggregates. The main collagen present in human cartilage is type II, but other proteins such as type IV, VI, IX, X, XI and XIV are also found albeit in small quantities. Several transgenic mice have been developed to study the structural...
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