FRONTIERS IN BIOSCIENCE PRESENTS

THE SPECIAL ISSUE


FUNDAMENTAL PATHWAYS IN OSTEOARTHRITIS

Managing editor: Charles J Malemud

  

 
TABLE OF CONTENTS

Fundamental pathways in osteoarthritis: an overview
Charles J. Malemud

[Frontiers in Bioscience 4, d659-661, October 15, 1999]

An introduction to the pathophysiology of osteoarthritis
A. Robin Poole

[Frontiers in Bioscience 4, d662-670, October 15, 1999]

Degradation and repair of articular cartilage
Sally R. Frenkel and Paul E. Di Cesare

[Frontiers in Bioscience 4 d671-685, October 15, 1999]

Metabolic disturbances and synovial joint responses in osteoarthritis
Charles W. Denko and Charles J. Malemud

[Frontiers in Bioscience 4, d686-693, October 15, 1999]

Cytokines and their role in the pathophysiology of osteoarthritis
Johanne Martel-Pelletier and Nada Alaaeddine, Jean-Pierre Pelletier

[Frontiers in Bioscience 4, d694-703, October 15, 1999]

Degradative enzymes in osteoarthritis
R. Lane Smith

[Frontiers in Bioscience 4, d704-712, October 15, 1999]

Potential regulation of cartilage metabolism in osteoarthritis by fibronectin fragments
Gene A. Homandberg

[Frontiers in Bioscience 4, d713-730, October 15, 1999]

Developmental patterns of cartilage
Linda J. Sandell and Pablo Adler

[Frontiers in Bioscience 4, d731-742 October 15, 1999]

Regulation of chondrocyte gene expression
Thomas M Hering

[Frontiers in Bioscience 4, d743-761, October 15, 1999]

Future directions for research and treatment of osteoarthritis
Charles J. Malemud and Victor M. Goldberg

[Frontiers in Bioscience 4, d762-771, October 15, 1999]