Sentences with phrase «called chondrocytes»

These are composed of specialized cells that are called chondrocytes which function in the maintenance of the integrity of the cartilage.

The cartilaginous matrix is composed of collagen and proteoglycans, and is generated by cartilage cells that are called chondrocytes.

As a typical child's bones elongate, cartilage cells called chondrocytes mature and then die, allowing hard, bony material to supplant them.

Researchers at the Feinstein Institute know how to make cartilage from a mixture of cells called chondrocytes, nutrients to feed them, and collagen, which holds it all together.

«Our paper is a blueprint of how the cartilage - producing cell, called a chondrocyte, is made and maintained by Sox9,» said He, a postdoctoral research associate in the lab of Andy McMahon, director of the Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC.

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Cells that control bone growth, known as chondrocytes, first form a cartilage matrix called hyaline cartilage.