Cartilage - Volume 2: Pathophysiology

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.

List of 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.

About the author

Editors: Prof. Dr. Susanne Grässel Dept. of Orthopedic Surgery Experimental Orthopedics ZMB im BioPark 1 Josef-Engertstr. 9 93053 Regensburg, Germany PD Dr. Attila Aszodi Experimental Surgery and Regenerative Medicine
Department of Surgery Ludwig-Maximilians-University Nussbaumstrasse 20 80336 Munich, Germany

Product details

• Assisted by: Aszódi (Editor), Aszódi (Editor), Attila Aszódi (Editor), Susann Grässel (Editor), Susanne Grässel (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2018
• EAN: 9783319833750
• ISBN: 978-3-31-983375-0
• No. of pages: 261
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 12 mm x 235 mm
• Weight: 473 g
• Illustrations: XIII, 261 p. 27 illus., 26 illus. in color.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology; Pathologie, B, Orthopädie und Brüche, Orthopedics, HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY, Pathology, Orthopaedics, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Surgical orthopaedics & fractures