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A type XI collagen mutation leads to increased degradation of type II collagen in articular cartilage.
Osteoarthritis and cartilage - 1 Apr 2004
Rodriguez R R, Seegmiller R E, Stark M R, Bridgewater L C
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OBJECTIVE: To determine in articular cartilage whether degraded type II collagen is more abundant in Col11a1 mutant cho/+ than in age-matched +/+ mice and whether collagen degradation occurs in a generalized or localized fashion. DESIGN: Knee joints from cho/+ and +/+ mice at 6, 9, 12 and 15 months of age were dissected, fixed, cryosectioned, and stained with antibody COL2-3/4m against denatured type II collagen...
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