Transcriptional profiling differences for articular cartilage and repair tissue in equine joint surface lesions

• Main Authors: Stromberg Arnold J (Author), McIlwraith C Wayne (Author), Frisbie David D (Author), Huang Liping (Author), Mienaltowski Michael J (Author), Bathke Arne C (Author), MacLeod James N (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Full-thickness articular cartilage lesions that reach to the subchondral bone yet are restricted to the chondral compartment usually fill with a fibrocartilage-like repair tissue which is structurally and biomechanically compromised...