Calcified Tissue International

, Volume 45, Issue 4, pp 260–261 | Cite as

Swelling of cartilage and expansion of the collagen network

  • R. A. Brown
  • P. D. Byers
Letter to the Editor

Keywords

Growth Plate Collagen Network Cartilage Growth Polymeric Collagen Growth Plate Region 
These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

References

  1. 1.
    Campo RD (1988) Effects of cations on cartilage structure: swelling of growth plate and degradation of proteoglycans induced by chelators of divalent cations. Calcif Tissue Int 43:108–121PubMedCrossRefGoogle Scholar
  2. 2.
    Eyre DR, Apone S, Wu J-J, Ericsson LH, Walsh KA (1987) Collagen type IX: evidence of covalent linkages to type II collagen in cartilage. FEBS Letts 220:337–341CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  3. 3.
    Byers PD, Brown RA (in preparation) Viewpoint: articular cartilage growth and the pathogenesis of osteoarthritisGoogle Scholar
  4. 4.
    Stevens FS (1967) The effects of chelating agents on collagen interfibrillar matrix interactions in connective tissue. Biochem Biophys Acta 140:522–528Google Scholar
  5. 5.
    Stevens FS (1976) Preparation of macromolecular collagens in ‘Methodology of connective tissue research.” (Hall DA ed) Joynson-Bruvvers, Oxford, pp 19–27Google Scholar
  6. 6.
    McDevitt CA, Muir H (1976) Biochemical changes in the cartilage of the knee in experimental and natural osteoarthrosis in the dog. J Bone Joint Surg 58:94–107Google Scholar
  7. 7.
    Maroudas A (1976) Balance between swelling pressure and collagen tension in normal and degenerate cartilage. Nature 260:808–809PubMedCrossRefGoogle Scholar

Copyright information

© Springer-Verlag New York Inc. 1989

Authors and Affiliations

  • R. A. Brown
    • 1
  • P. D. Byers
    • 1
  1. 1.Experimental Pathology Department, Institute of OrthopaedicsUniversity College and Middlesex School of MedicineStanmoreUK

Personalised recommendations