The Emerging Chondrocyte Channelome
Chondrocytes are the resident cells of articular cartilage and are responsible for synthesising a range of collagenous and non-collagenous extracellular matrix macromolecules. Whilst chondrocytes exist at low densities in the tissue (1-10% of the total tissue volume in mature cartilage) they are ex...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2010-10-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Physiology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphys.2010.00135/full |