Abstract
Depending on the composition of the extracellular matrix, cartilage in the human body is classified as elastic, fibrous, fibroelastic or hyaline. In this chapter, we will review what has been documented concerning AAR in two of these forms of cartilage: in fibroelastic cartilage, as exemplified by the IVD, and in articular cartilage, a specialized type of hyaline cartilage which provides a gliding surface for synovial joints. Both IVD and articular cartilage are aneural, avascular and alymphatic tissues, containing very few cells embedded in an extracellular matrix composed of diverse proteins which are described below.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Mechanisms Linking Aging, Diseases and Biological Age Estimation |
| Publisher | CRC Press |
| Chapter | 3 |
| Pages | 21-35 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781498709705 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781498709699 |
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| Publication status | Published - 22 Mar 2017 |
Funding
The authors wish to thank Dr. Peter Roughley (Shriners Hospital for Children, Montreal, Canada) for his critical reading of the manuscript and most helpful suggestions. Publisher Copyright: © 2017 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Social Sciences
- General Medicine
- General Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular Biology