Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Minami Wakayama Medical Center, 27-1, Takinai-Cho, Tanabe-City, Wakayama 646-8558, Japan.
Eur J Histochem. 2012 Feb 29;56(1):e11. doi: 10.4081/ejh.2012.e11.
The articular disc of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is composed of fibrocartilage, and the extracellular matrix of this disc is composed mainly of collagen, glycosaminoglycan and proteoglycans. Research on the changes that occur in the composition of the articular disc of the TMJ is necessary for understanding the basis of the pathological process of internal derangement (ID), and a number of reports have been published in recent years on the application of refined histochemical techniques to investigate the structure and function of the TMJ. The direction of future TMJ disc studies should be towards obtaining more evidence to support previous results, and should hopefully be of practical use in terms of prevention and cure of ID.
颞下颌关节(TMJ)的关节盘由纤维软骨组成,该盘的细胞外基质主要由胶原、糖胺聚糖和蛋白聚糖组成。研究 TMJ 关节盘组成的变化对于了解内部紊乱(ID)病理过程的基础是必要的,近年来已经有许多关于应用精细组织化学技术研究 TMJ 结构和功能的报告。未来 TMJ 盘研究的方向应该是获得更多证据来支持以前的结果,并有望在 ID 的预防和治疗方面具有实际用途。