Biochemical properties of cartilage and multinucleate chondroclast formation.
This study demonstrates a relationship between the biochemical properties of the extracellular matrix of a cartilaginous model of long bone and the fusion of mononuclear clastic elements into multinucleate chondroclasts. The results suggest that the chondroitin sulphate level in the extracellular matrix has an inhibitory effect on this process.
Smetana
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Department of Anatomy, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague.
Vilím
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D000818:Animals; D002356:Cartilage / Q000737:chemistry*; D002459:Cell Fusion; D002642:Chick Embryo; D002645:Chickens; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology*