Cartilage Volume 1: Physiology and Development /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Grässel, Susanne (Editor), Aszódi, Attila (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human physiology.; Orthopedics.; Cell biology.; Biomedicine.; Human Physiology.; Cell Biology.

In three Volumes this mini book series presents current knowledge and new perspectives on cartilage as a specialized yet versatile tissue. This first volume provides a comprehensive overview on the basic composition and development of cartilaginous tissues followed by the description of the major si...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Physiology
• 1.1 Growth and development
• Andrea Vortkamp: Molecular control of cartilage differentiation
• Danny Chan or Maurizio Pacifici: Joint development
• Bent Brachvogel: Immunology and growth plate cartilage
• Christa Maes: VEGF in endochondral bone formation
• 1.2 Cartilage extracellular matrix
• Anders Aspberg: Proteoglycans of the cartilage extracellular matrix
• Peter Bruckner or John Bateman: Supramolecular structure of cartilage – the collagens
• 1.3 Biomechanics
• Peter Angele: Cartilage biomechanics
• Farshid Guilak: Biomechanics and cartilage repair
• 1.4 Chondrocytes and signaling
• Christine Hartmann: Chondrogenesis and Wnt signaling
• Kay Grobe: Hedgehog signaling and chondrocytes
• Frank Beier: Chondrocytes and the actin cytoskeleton.