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Alteration of Viscoelastic Properties is Associated with a Change in Cytoskeleton Components of Ageing Chondrocytes from Rabbit Knee Articular Cartilage

Wangping Duan^∗, Lei Wei^†, Juntao Zhang^∗, Yongzhuang Hao^∗, Chunjiang Li^∗, Hao Li^∗, Qi Li^∗, Quanyou Zhang^‡, Weiyi Chen^‡, Xiaochun Wei^∗,§

∗ Department of Orthopaedics, The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University; Shanxi Key Laboratory of Bone and Soft Tissue Injury Repair. Taiyuan 030001, China
† Department of Orthopaedics, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital, Suite 402A, 1 Hoppin Street, Providence RI 02903, USA
‡ Institute of Applied Mechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
§ Corresponding author: Xiaochun Wei. No. 382, Wuyi Road, Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, China 030001. Tel: 86-351-3365760; Fax: 86-351-3365118; E-mail: weixiaochun06@163. com