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Articular cartilage and changes in arthritis: Matrix degradation

While many proteases in articular cartilage have been described, current studies indicate that members of two families of metalloproteases – MMPs and the ADAMTSs – are responsible for the degradation of the major components of this tissue. Collagenases (MMPs) make the first cleavage in triple-helica...

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Autores principales: Mort, John S, Billington, Caron J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2001
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC128908/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11714387
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/ar325