Hypertrophy of chondrocytes compromises their mechanical properties

• Ekaterina V. Medvedeva,
• Meng Xie,
• Anastasia Akovantseva,
• Peter S. Timashev,
• Svetlana Kotova,
• Andrei S. Chagin

Affiliations

Ekaterina V. Medvedeva

Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Sechenov University, Moscow, Russian Federation; Corresponding author.

Meng Xie

Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Anastasia Akovantseva

Institute of Photonic Technologies, Research center 'Crystallography and Photonics, Troitsk, Russian Federation

Peter S. Timashev

Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Sechenov University, Moscow, Russian Federation; Institute of Photonic Technologies, Research center 'Crystallography and Photonics, Troitsk, Russian Federation; Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics, Moscow, Russian Federation

Svetlana Kotova

Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Sechenov University, Moscow, Russian Federation; Institute of Photonic Technologies, Research center 'Crystallography and Photonics, Troitsk, Russian Federation; Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics, Moscow, Russian Federation

Andrei S. Chagin

Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Sechenov University, Moscow, Russian Federation; Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden