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The Effect of Protease Inhibitors on the Induction of Osteoarthritis-Related Biomarkers in Bovine Full-Depth Cartilage Explants
OBJECTIVE: The specific degradation of type II collagen and aggrecan by matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9, -13 and ADAMTS-4 and -5 (aggrecanase-1 and -2) in the cartilage matrix is a critical step in pathology of osteoarthritis (OA). The aims of this study were: i) To investigate the relative contrib...
Autores principales: | , , , , , , , |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4409205/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25909781 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0122700 |