Cartilage : Volume 2: Pathophysiology / edited by Susanne Grässel, Attila Aszódi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Grässel, Susanne, editor.

Aszódi, Attila, editor.

SpringerLink (Online service)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine.

Human physiology.

Orthopedics.

Pathology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

Springer eBooks

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.

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Summary:

In three Volumes this mini book series presents current knowledge and new perspectives on cartilage as a specialized yet versatile tissue. This second volume is dedicated to basic pathologies of the two most common osteoarticular diseases affecting large segments of the Western population, osteoarthritis and chondrodysplasias. This book addresses Professors, researchers and PhD students who are interested in musculoskeletal and cartilage biology and pathobiology.

Contents:

2. Pathophysiology

2.1 Osteoarthritis

Mary Goldring or Tom Aigner: Osteoarthritis in general

Thomas Pap/Julia Bertrand: OA and Syndecans

Tonia Vincent: Cartilage injury

Richard Loeser: OA and aging

Attila Aszodi: Integrin-mediated interactions in OA

Susanne Grässel: Neuroendocrinology (POMC, sensory and sympathetic nervous system) and OA

Andrew Pitsillides : OA and profiling or murine models

Amanda Fosang: Proteoglycan degradation in osteoarthritis

2.2 Chondrodysplasias

John Bateman: Chondrodysplasias in general

Danny Chan: Chondrodysplasias or disk degeneration

Mats Paulsson or Frank Zaucke: Matrilins/COMP mutations and cartilage pathology.

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Printed edition:

ISBN:

9783319458038

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