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Genetic deletion of low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 5 increases cartilage degradation in instability-induced osteoarthritis
31 Jul 2012
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The wingless-type MMTV integration site family (WNT) signalling pathway plays an important role in embryonic joint and bone development and has been associated with osteoporosis and osteoarthritis (OA). Loss-of-function mutations in low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 5 (LRP5), a WNT co-receptor, result in low bone mass. Lrp5(-)(/)(-) mice also have low bone mass phenotypes. Recently an...
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