(eBook) Cartilage – Volume 1, Physiology and Development by Susanne Grïssel

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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.