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[Type IX collagen diseases].
Clinical calcium - 1 Nov 2006
Matsui Yoshito
Abstract excerpt
Type IX collagen is a structural protein which consists of the cartilage collagen II/IX/XI heteropolymer. Transgenic mice overexpressing a mutant alpha 1 (IX) collagen chain in cartilage develop a chondrodysplasia-like phenotype associated with early-onset osteoarthritis and spondylosis. Subsequent identifications of the human type IX collagen diseases proved the correctness of the work on mice. Now we know that...
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