Workshop held in November 2003, manuscripts published inClinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® (CORR) in October 2004
The Classic – Commentaries on the History and Cure of Diseases. Digitorum Nodi
The Impact of Osteoarthritis – Implications for Research
Risk Factors for Osteoarthritis – Understanding Joint Vulnerability
Familial Inheritance of Osteoarthritis – Documented Family Subsets
The Role of Cytokines in Cartilage Matrix Degeneration in Osteoarthritis
The Regulation Chondrocyte Function by Proinflammatory Mediators – Prostaglandins and Nitric Oxide
Growth Factor Inhibition – Potential Role in the Etiopathogenesis of Osteoarthritis
Chemokines in Cartilage Degradation
Osteochondral Defect Repair by Demineralized Cortical Bone Matrix
The Mechanobiology of Articular Cartilage Development and Degeneration
Pathomechanic Determinants of Posttraumatic Arthritis
Pressure and Shear Differentially Alter Human Articular Chondrocyte Metabolism – A Review
Chondrocyte Senescence, Joint Loading and Osteoarthritis
Biology of Developmental and Regenerative Skeletogenesis
Collagens and Cartilage Matrix Homeostasis
Extracellular Matrix Gene Regulation
Novel Inhibitors of Matrix Metalloproteinase Gene Expression as Potential Therapies for Arthritis
Functional Genomics of Osteoarthritis – On the Way to Evaluate Disease Hypotheses
Protein Kinase in Chondrocyte Signaling and Osteoarthritis
Hyaluronan and CD44 – Modulators of Chondrocyte Metabolism
Up-regulation of Chondrocyte Matrix Genes and Products by Electric Fields
Toward Imaging Biomarkers for Osteoarthritis
Functional Tissue Engineering Parameters toward Designing Repair and Replacement Strategies