Part I: Cell Biology
1. Isolation Of Osteocytes From Mature and Aged Murine Bone
Amber Rath Stern and Lynda F. Bonewald
2. Primary Murine Growth Plate and Articular Chondrocyte Isolation and Culture
Jennifer H. Jonason, Donna Hoak, and Regis J. O'Keefe
3. Isolating Endosteal Mesenchymal Progenitors From Rodent Long Bones
Ji Zhu, Valerie A. Siclari, and Ling Qin
4. Engineering Cartilage Tissue By Pellet Co-Culture Of Chondrocytes And Mesenchymal Stromal Cells
Ling Wu, Janine N. Post, and Marcel Karperien
5. Generation Of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
David R. Deyle
Part II: Molecular Biology
6. Profiling Histone Modifications By Chromatin Immunoprecipitation Coupled To Deep Sequencing in Skeletal Cells
Mark B. Meyer, Nancy A. Benkusky, and J. Wesley Pike
7. Identification Of Micrornas In Human Plasma
Bram C. Van Der Eerden, Rodrigo D. Alves, Christel E. Kockx, Zeliha Ozgur, Marijke Schreuders-Koedam, Jeroen Van De Peppel, Wilfred F. Van Ijcken, and Johannes P. Van Leeuwen
8. Immunohistochemistry Of Skeletal Tissues
Crystal Idleburg, Elizabeth N. Delassus, And Deborah V. Novack
Part III: Biomechanics and Imaging
9. In Vivo Axial Loading Of The Mouse Tibia
Katherine M. Melville, Alexander G. Robling, and Marjolein C. H. Van Der Meulen
10. Four Point Bending Protocols To Study The Effects Of Dynamic Strain In Osteoblastic Cells In Vitro
Gabriel L. Galea and Joanna S. Price
11. Epic-µct Imaging Of Articular Cartilage
Angela S.P. Lin, Giuliana E. Salazar-Noratto, and Robert E. Guldberg
Part IV: In Vivo Models Of Disease and Repair
12. Mouse Models Of Osteoarthritis: Surgical Model Of Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis Induced By Destabilization Of The Medial Meniscus
Cecilia L. Dragomir, Jun Chang, Elisabeth B. Wondimu, Jonathan Coico, Darren A. Plumb, Miguel Otero, Kirsty L. Culley, and Mary B. Goldring
13. Assessment Of Knee Joint Pain In Experimental Rodent Models Of Osteoarthritis
Margaret J. Piel, Jeffrey S. Kroin, and Hee-Jeong Im
14. Induction Of Fully Stabilized Cortical Bone Defects To Study Intramembranous Bone Regeneration
Meghan E. Mcgee-Lawrence and David F. Razidlo
15. Surgical Procedures And Experimental Outcomes Of Closed Fractures In Rodent Models Hicham Drissi and David N. Paglia