Articular cartilage and osteoarthritis : Workshop Conference Hoechst Werk Kalle-Albert Wiesbaden May 12-16, 1991

Structural components of cartilage - proteoglycans agrecan, the chondroitin sulfate keratan sulfate proteoglycan from cartilage extracellular metabolism of aggrecan a large chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan (PG-M) and cartilage differentiation structure and function of dermatan sulfate proteoglycans in articular cartilage structural components of cartilage - matrix biology keratan sulfate substitution on cartilage matrix molecules molecular biology of type II collagen - new information in the gene cartilage matrix proteins structural components of cartilage - collagens cartilage-specific collagens structural studies fibrillar organization in cartilage molecular biology of cartilage collagens detection of type II collagen gene mutations on familial osteoarthritis cartilage and the functional perturbations of matrix molecules in osteoarthritis articular cartilage structure in humans and experimental animals chondrons - the chondrocyte and its pericellular microenvironment the fate of chondrocytes in osteoarthritic cartilage - regeneration, dedifferentiation, or hypertrophy? chondrocyte metabolism hetereogeneity of articular chondrocytes mediators of matrix catabolism polypeptide regulators of matrix homeostasis in articular cartilage two distinct metabolic pools of proteoglycans in articular cartilage remodelling of joint tissues the biologic role of metalloproteinases and their inhibitors the role of proteinases and oxygen radicals in the degradation of human articular cartilage the zone of calcified cartilage - its role in osteoarthritis bone remodelling, cytokines and joint disease some thoughts on the physical chemistry of cartilage the role of water, proteoglycan and collagen in solute transport in cartilage, effects of static and dynamic compression on matrix metabolism in cartilage explants physical modifiers of cartilage metabolism experimental osteoarthritis in relation to human pathology (introduction) immunological markers in cartilage proteoglycan metabolism in animal and human osteoarthritis serum keratan sulfate - a measure of cartilage proteoglycan metabolism fibronectin in osteoarthritis - comparison of animal and human diseases early matrix changes in experimental osteoarthritis and joint disuse atrophy experimental osteoarthritis - animal modes (introduction) cartilage histopathology in human and rhesus macaque osteoarthritis metabolism of animal and human osteoarthritic cartilage effect of motion and load on articular cartilage in animmal models animal models of articular cartilage repair (part contents).