Regulatory volume decrease (RVD) by isol
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Peter G. Bush; Andrew C. Hall
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Article
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2001
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Articular chondrocytes in vivo are exposed to a changing osmotic environment under both physiological (static load) and pathological (osteoarthritis) conditions. Such changes to matrix hydration could alter cell volume in situ and influence matrix metabolism. However the ability of chondrocytes to r