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Chondrocyte apoptosis: a cause or consequence of osteoarthritis?
25 Apr 2011
Abstract excerpt
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative joint disease characterized by articular cartilage degradation and changes in the subchondral bone. Over the last two decades, there has been increasing evidence showing association between cartilage degradation and chondrocyte death, and different types of cell death in cartilage have been reported, including apoptosis and chondroptosis as well as necrosis, but which of...
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