… of chondrocyte apoptosis in equine articular cartilage (AC) specimens and to examine the
relationship between the process of cell death and the degree of cartilage degradation using a …

… We hypothesized that cell death by apoptosis also occurs in cartilage damaged by impact
loads and is related to the structural and metabolic changes found in the injured tissue. …

… Accordingly, chondrocyte death has been postulated to be a crucial event in the …
cartilage, chondrocyte death occurs by apoptosis or apoptosis-like programmed cell death. …

… The goal of this study was to investigate chondrocyte … articular cartilage to an extensive
sinusoidal load (similar to the overuse/abnormal use of a joint) would result in chondrocyte death …

… chondrocyte death may represent an important component in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis
(20). In chondrocytes … The fate of apoptotic bodies in cartilage is uncertain. There are no …

… Chondrocyte death may be of pathogenetic significance during … Apoptosis of chondrocytes
in articular cartilage is associated with the destruction of the pericellular matrix and …

… Additionally some of the components of these pathways may contribute directly or indirectly
to chondrocyte death and cartilage degradation by inducing catabolic processes thereby …

… To evaluate the ability of leukocytes to extend the zone of chondrocyte death after impact …
articular cartilage was exposed to an acute impact, approximately half of the chondrocytes died …

… Apoptosis represents a physiologic form of cell death that results in removal of apoptotic …
as observed during necrotic cell death (6–8). Articular cartilage has several features that impact …

… of cell death in articular cartilage. Current ‘gold standard’ for detecting chondrocyte death is
… This article will discuss the recent evidence on chondrocyte death in articular cartilage and …