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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Main Authors: Richard Barrett-Jolley, Rebecca Lewis, Rebecca Fallman, Ali Mobasheri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2010-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphys.2010.00135/full