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Unsaturated phosphatidylcholines lining on the surface of cartilage and its possible physiological roles

BACKGROUND: Evidence has strongly indicated that surface-active phospholipid (SAPL), or surfactant, lines the surface of cartilage and serves as a lubricating agent. Previous clinical study showed that a saturated phosphatidylcholine (SPC), dipalmitoyl-phosphatidylcholine (DPPC), was effective in th...

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Autores principales: Chen, Yi, Crawford, Ross W, Oloyede, Adekunle
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2000865/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17718898
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-799X-2-14