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Abstract
The chondrocytes of pure articular cartilage from young pigs display collagenolytic activity when the cartilage is cultivated by an organ culture method in medium containing 5--10 IU retinol/ml. Breakdown of collagen occurs in all regions of the cartilage; in the thicker explants it is greatest and most frequent in those that contain the deepest zone composed of proliferating and hypertrophic chondrocytes; it is also very drastic in thin explants composed mainly of superficial fibro-cartilage.Entities:
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Year: 1980 PMID: 7400877 DOI: 10.1002/path.1711300304
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Pathol ISSN: 0022-3417 Impact factor: 7.996