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Mechanical properties of canine articular cartilage are significantly altered following transection of the anterior cruciate ligament by Setton, L A, Mow, V C, Müller, F J, Pita, J C, Howell, D S

“…The compressive, tensile, and swelling properties of articular cartilage were studied at two time periods following transection of the anterior cruciate…”
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Mechanical behavior and biochemical composition of canine knee cartilage following periods of joint disuse and disuse with remobilization by Setton, Lori A., Mow, Van C., Müller, Francisco J., Pita, J.C., Howell, David S.

“…The mechanical behavior and biochemical composition of articular cartilage were studied in an experimental model of joint disuse, in which the canine knee was…”
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Localization of collagenase in the growth plate of rachitic rats by DEAN, D. D, MUNIZ, O. E, BERMAN, I, PITA, J. C, CARRENO, M. R, WOESSNER, J. F. JR, HOWELL, D. S

“…In the transition from proliferation to hypertrophic cell zones in the growth plate, there is an increase in chondrocyte volume and a corresponding decrease in…”
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Superficial and deeper layers of dog normal articular cartilage. Role of hyaluronate and link protein in determining the sedimentation coefficients distribution of the nondissociatively extracted proteoglycans by Manicourt, D H, Pita, J C, McDevitt, C A, Howell, D S

“…Proteoglycans were extracted under nondissociative conditions from superficial and deeper layers of dog normal articular cartilage. The purified a-A1…”
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Characterization of the proteoglycans recovered under nondissociative conditions from normal articular cartilage of rabbits and dogs by Manicourt, D H, Pita, J C, Pezon, C F, Howell, D S

“…Pretreatment of articular cartilage with a highly purified collagenase in the presence of selected protease inhibitors allowed the extraction under…”
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Proteoglycans from rabbit articular and growth plate cartilage. Ultracentrifugation, gel chromatography, and electron microscopy by Axelsson, I, Berman, I, Pita, J C

“…Proteoglycans are considered to be important for the mechanical properties of articular cartilage and growth plate and for the regulation of calcification of…”
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Kinetics of proteoglycans and cells in growth plate of normal, diabetic, and malnourished rats by AXELSSON, I, PITA, J. C, HOWELL, D. S, LORENTZON, R, BERMAN, I, BOQUIST, L

“…The metabolism of proteoglycans in normal growth plate and the changes in growth plate morphology induced by diabetes and malnutrition were studied in rats…”
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Tensile properties of human knee joint cartilage: I. Influence of ionic conditions, weight bearing, and fibrillation on the tensile modulus by Akizuki, S, Mow, V C, Müller, F, Pita, J C, Howell, D S, Manicourt, D H

“…The flow-independent (intrinsic) tensile modulus of the extracellular matrix of human knee joint cartilage has been measured for normal, fibrillated, and…”
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Treatment of osteoarthritis with tiaprofenic acid: biochemical and histological protection against cartilage breakdown in the Pond-Nuki canine model by Howell, D S, Pita, J C, Muller, F J, Manicourt, D H, Altman, R D

“…Experimental and cage matched control animals were sacrificed 12 weeks after production of ligamentous instability in the right knee, and biochemical studies…”
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Hypothermic storage and cryopreservation of cartilage. An experimental study by Malinin, T I, Wagner, J L, Pita, J C, Lo, H

“…Osteochondral autografts of femoral condyles in dogs were frozen at different cooling velocities after exposure to either glycerol or dimethyl sulfoxide to…”
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Biochemical characterization of fracture callus proteoglycans by Kopman, C R, Boskey, A L, Lane, J M, Pita, J C, Eaton, 2nd, B

“…The changes in proteoglycan molecules during the initial stages of fracture healing in rats were characterized. Following extraction of callus proteoglycan…”
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Effects of vitamin D metabolites on healing of low phosphate, vitamin D-deficient induced rickets in rats by Atkin, I, Pita, J C, Ornoy, A, Agundez, A, Castiglione, G, Howell, D S

“…A model of low-phosphate, vitamin D-deficient rachitic rats was used to compare the effects of 1 alpha(OH)D3, 1,25(OH)2D3, and 24,25(OH)2D3 on cartilage and…”
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Characteristics of proteoglycans extracted from the Swarm rat chondrosarcoma with associative solvents by Faltz, L L, Reddi, A H, Hascall, G K, Martin, D, Pita, J C, Hascall, V C

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Mechanism of interaction of digitalis with estradiol binding sites in rat uteri by Rifka, S M, Pita, Jr, J C, Loriaux, D L

“…Digitalis preparations have a weak estrogenic effect in man. The data in animals are equivocal. We have studied.the biologic effect of both digitoxin and…”
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Centrifugal characterization of proteoglycans from various depth layers and weight-bearing areas of normal and abnormal human articular cartilage by Müller, F J, Pita, J C, Manicourt, D H, Malinin, T I, Schoonbeck, J M, Mow, V C

“…Ultracentrifugal polydispersity differential [g(S)] distributions were determined for the proteoglycans of various postmortem human articular cartilage samples…”
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Macro and micro rate zonal analytical centrifugation of polydisperse and slowly diffusing sedimenting systems in isovolumetric density gradients. Application to cartilage proteoglycans by Muller, Francisco J, Pezon, Candido F, Pita, Julio C

“…A method to study the polydispersity of zonally sedimenting and slowly diffusing macromolecules or particles in isokinetic or isovolumetric density gradients…”
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A simple electronic capillary microviscometer by Müller, F J, Pita, J C

“…Inexpensive electronic components were adapted to a miniaturized version of a falling-ball viscometer. This allowed automatic determination of relative…”
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Proteoglycans nondissociatively extracted from different zones of canine normal articular cartilage: variations in the sedimentation profile of aggregates with degree of physiological stress by Manicourt, D H, Pita, J C, Thonar, E J, Howell, D S

“…Proteoglycans were extracted and purified without dissociation (a-A1 preparations) from superficial and deeper layers of high weight-bearing (HWA) and low…”
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A Surinam Crime Before a Dutch Court: Post-Colonial Injustice or Universal Jurisdiction? by van der Oije, Pita J. C. Schimmelpenninck

“…In Surinam, in December 1982, fifteen political opponents of the military regime were allegedly tortured and killed. Fourteen were of Surinam nationality and…”
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Light-scattering study on the influence of link-glycoproteins and lysozyme on the hyaluronate molecular conformation in solution by Blanco, L N, Pita, J C

“…The influence of link-glycoproteins and mammalian lysozyme on the configuration and size of the hyaluronate molecule in highly diluted solutions under…”
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