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Matrix metalloproteinases are not essential for aggrecan turnover during normal skeletal growth and development.
Molecular and cellular biology - 1 Apr 2005
Little Christopher B, Meeker Clare T, Hembry Rosalind M, Sims Natalie A, Lawlor Kate E, Golub Sue B, Last Karena, Fosang Amanda J
Abstract excerpt
The growth plate is a transitional region of cartilage and highly diversified chondrocytes that controls long bone formation. The composition of growth plate cartilage changes markedly from the epiphysis to the metaphysis, notably with the loss of type II collagen, concomitant with an increase in MMP-13; type X collagen; and the C-propeptide of type II collagen. In contrast, the fate of aggrecan in the growth...
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