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Central role of SREBP-2 in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Kostopoulou Fotini, Gkretsi Vasiliki, Malizos Konstantinos N, Iliopoulos Dimitrios, Oikonomou Pagona, Poultsides Lazaros, Tsezou Aspasia
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BACKGROUND: Recent studies have implied that osteoarthritis (OA) is a metabolic disease linked to deregulation of genes involved in lipid metabolism and cholesterol efflux. Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Proteins (SREBPs) are transcription factors regulating lipid metabolism with so far no association with OA. Our aim was to test the hypothesis that SREBP-2, a gene that plays a key role in cholesterol...
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