Article
Absence of GDF5 does not interfere with LPS Toll-like receptor signaling.
Clinical and experimental rheumatology - 1 Jan 2000
Daans M, Lories R J U, Luyten F P
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Growth and differentiation factor 5 (GDF5), member of TGFBeta superfamily, has been implicated in limb development, and is known to play an important role in joint formation. Its absence leads to brachypodism in mice and a number of skeletal malformation syndromes in humans. Recently, an association was shown between osteo-arthritis and a 5' UTR polymorphism in GDF5 gene. In addition, the role of GDF5...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
