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Evidence of a novel aggrecan‐degrading activity in cartilage: Studies of mice deficient in both ADAMTS‐4 and ADAMTS‐5
31 May 2008
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OBJECTIVE: To characterize aggrecan catabolism and the overall phenotype in mice deficient in both ADAMTS-4 and ADAMTS-5 (TS-4/TS-5 Delta-cat) activity. METHODS: Femoral head cartilage from the joints of TS-4/TS-5 Delta-cat mice and wild-type mice were cultured in vitro, and aggrecan catabolism was stimulated with either interleukin-1alpha (IL-1alpha) or retinoic acid. Total aggrecan release was measured, and...
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