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Supramolecular synergy in the boundary lubrication of synovial joints

Hyaluronan, lubricin and phospholipids, molecules ubiquitous in synovial joints, such as hips and knees, have separately been invoked as the lubricants responsible for the remarkable lubrication of articular cartilage; but alone, these molecules cannot explain the extremely low friction at the high...

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Autores principales: Seror, Jasmine, Zhu, Linyi, Goldberg, Ronit, Day, Anthony J., Klein, Jacob
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Pub. Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4366511/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25754223
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms7497