Human chondrocyte senescence and osteoarthritis

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Although osteoarthritis (OA) is not an inevitable consequence of aging, a strong association exists between age and increasing incidence of OA. We hypothesized that this association is due to in vivo articular cartilage chondrocyte senescence which causes an age-related decline in the ability of the cells to maintain articular cartilage, that is, increasing age increases the risk of OA because chondrocytes lose...

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