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Morphological, Immunocytochemical, and Biochemical Studies of Rat Costal Chondrocytes Exposed to IL-1β and TGF-β1

This study was undertaken to determine the effects of IL-1β and TGF-β1 on the expression of differentiation-associated genes in chondrocytes in vitro. Rat costal chondrocytes were exposed to different concentrations of IL-1β and TGF-β1 for 48 h and tested for gene expression. IL-1β increased the exp...

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Autores principales: Li, Xiaoli, Ren, Xiaoyong, Li, Sisi, Liang, Jianmin, Zhao, Xiaoyan, Wang, Ting, Wang, Zhenghui
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5514342/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29065675
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/9747264
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Sumario:This study was undertaken to determine the effects of IL-1β and TGF-β1 on the expression of differentiation-associated genes in chondrocytes in vitro. Rat costal chondrocytes were exposed to different concentrations of IL-1β and TGF-β1 for 48 h and tested for gene expression. IL-1β increased the expression of aggrecanase-1 and aggrecanase-2 and decreased the content of aggrecan and collagen II. Low concentration of TGF-β1 decreased the expression of aggrecan and collagen II and increased the expression of aggrecanase-2. However, the level of aggrecanase-1 was significantly elevated in the presence of high concentration of TGF-β1. IL-1β and TGF-β1 show the ability to modulate the production of aggrecan and collagen II in chondrocytes in vitro.