Supramolecular Organization of Collagen Fibrils in Healthy and Osteoarthritic Human Knee and Hip Joint Cartilage

• Riccardo Gottardi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Riccardo Gottardi, Uwe Hansen

  Affiliations Department of Biophysical and Electronic Engineering, University of Genova, Genova, Italy, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States of America, Ri.MED Foundation, Palermo, Italy

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• Uwe Hansen ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Riccardo Gottardi, Uwe Hansen

  Affiliations Institute of Experimental Musculoskeletal Medicine, University Hospital of Münster, Münster, Germany, Institute for Physiological Chemistry and Pathochemistry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

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• Roberto Raiteri,

  Affiliation Department of Biophysical and Electronic Engineering, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

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• Marko Loparic,

  Affiliation Biozentrum University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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• Marcel Düggelin,

  Affiliation Center for Microscopy, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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• Daniel Mathys,

  Affiliation Center for Microscopy, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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• Niklaus F. Friederich,

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology, Kantonsspital Bruderholz/Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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• Peter Bruckner,

  Affiliation Institute for Physiological Chemistry and Pathochemistry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

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• Martin Stolz

  * E-mail: M.Stolz@soton.ac.uk

  Affiliations Biozentrum University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, nCATS (national Centre for Advanced Tribology at Southampton), Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0732-0811

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