Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterized as a chronic inflammatory disease in joints and concomitant destruction of cartilage and bone. Cartilage extracellular matrix components, such as type Ⅱ collagen and aggre...
This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No 30572052) and the International Cooperation Project of Shaan'xi Province, China (No 2007KW-07). Acknowledgement The excellent technical assistance of Jian-feng SHI (Research Center of Stomatological Hospital) is gratefully acknowledged.Author contribution Zhuang-qun YANG, Xi-jing HE, Zheng-hui WANG, Li WANG, and Li-xia LI designed research; Zheng-hui WANG performed research; Zheng-hui WANG, Li WANG, and Li-xia LI analyzed data; Zheng-hui WANG and Jun-bo TU wrote the paper.
Aim: Failure of transplanted cartilage or allogenic chondrocytes is attributed mainly to immunological rejection and cartilage degradation. A major feature is the loss of aggrecan from the cartilage matrix, primarily...
Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 30471499 and 30170831);the Ministry of Education of China (No.Key 03152);the Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province of China (No.2004KW-20)
Objective: To identify the relationship between T-2 toxin and Kashin-Beck disease (KBD),the effects of T-2 toxin on aggrecan metabolism in human chondrocytes and cartilage were investigated in vitro. Methods: Chondroc...
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