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Carrageenan-induced transient inflammation in a rabbit knee model: molecular changes consistent with an early osteoarthritis phenotype.
Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] - 1 Aug 2012
Achari Yamini, Reno Carol R, Frank Cyril B, Hart David A
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OBJECTIVE: Inflammation following a knee injury is one of the factors associated with initiation of cartilage degeneration leading to osteoarthritis (OA). The hypothesis tested was that inflammation results in elevated expression of proteinases implicated in OA. METHODS: Mature female rabbits received a single carrageenan injection to the right hind knee and the left knee served as the control. Five animals were...
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