Biomechanical factors in osteoarthritis

F Guilak - Best practice & research Clinical rheumatology, 2011 - Elsevier
Biomechanical factors play an important role in the health of diarthrodial joints. Altered joint
loading–associated to obesity, malalignment, trauma or joint instability–is a critical risk factor …

Na+, K+-ATPase isozyme diversity; comparative biochemistry and physiological implications of novel functional interactions

A Mobasheri, J Avila, I Cózar-Castellano… - Bioscience …, 2000 - portlandpress.com
Na+, K+-ATPase is ubiquitously expressed in the plasma membrane ofall animal cells
where it serves as the principal regulator of intracellularion homeostasis. Na+, K+-ATPase is …

Regulation of chondrogenesis and chondrocyte differentiation by stress

MJ Zuscik, MJ Hilton, X Zhang, D Chen… - The Journal of …, 2008 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Chondrogenesis and endochondral ossification are the cartilage differentiation processes
that lead to skeletal formation and growth in the develo** vertebrate as well as skeletal …

Mesenchymal stem cells in regenerative medicine: opportunities and challenges for articular cartilage and intervertebral disc tissue engineering

SM Richardson, JA Hoyland… - Journal of cellular …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Defects of load‐bearing connective tissues such as articular cartilage and intervertebral disc
(IVD) can result from trauma, degenerative, endocrine, or age‐related disease. Current …

The effects of osmotic stress on the viscoelastic and physical properties of articular chondrocytes

F Guilak, GR Erickson, HP Ting-Beall - Biophysical journal, 2002 - cell.com
The metabolic activity of chondrocytes in articular cartilage is influenced by alterations in the
osmotic environment of the tissue, which occur secondary to mechanical compression. The …

Integrins and stretch activated ion channels; putative components of functional cell surface mechanoreceptors in articular chondrocytes

A Mobasheri, SD Carter, P Martín‐Vasallo… - Cell biology …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Perception of mechanical signals and the biological responses to such stimuli are
fundamental properties of load bearing articular cartilage in diarthrodial joints. Chondrocytes …

Perlecan in pericellular mechanosensory cell-matrix communication, extracellular matrix stabilisation and mechanoregulation of load-bearing connective tissues

F Guilak, AJ Hayes, J Melrose - International journal of molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
In this study, we review mechanoregulatory roles for perlecan in load-bearing connective
tissues. Perlecan facilitates the co-acervation of tropoelastin and assembly of elastic …

[HTML][HTML] The chondrocyte channelome: A narrative review

A Mobasheri, C Matta, I Uzielienè, E Budd… - Joint Bone Spine, 2019 - Elsevier
Chondrocytes are the main cells in the extracellular matrix (ECM) of articular cartilage and
possess a highly differentiated phenotype that is the hallmark of the unique physiological …

The deformation behavior and viscoelastic properties of chondrocytes in articular cartilage

F Guilak - Biorheology, 2000 - content.iospress.com
Chondrocytes in articular cartilage utilize mechanical signals in conjunction with other
environmental factors to regulate their metabolic activity. However, the sequence of …

Sodium sensing in the interstitium and relationship to hypertension

J Titze, A Machnik - Current opinion in nephrology and …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Sodium sensing in the interstitium and relationship to hyper... : Current Opinion in Nephrology
and Hypertension Sodium sensing in the interstitium and relationship to hypertension : Current …