Articular cartilage response to a sliding load using two different-sized spherical indenters1.

CONCLUSION: Sliding loads that increase ECM deformation/strain were found to induce enzyme-mediated catabolic processes in articular cartilage explants. These observations provide further understanding of how changes in cartilage contact mechanics under dynamic conditions can affect the cellular response.
PMID: 29376845 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Biorheology - January 31, 2018 Category: Biochemistry Tags: Biorheology Source Type: research