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Increased susceptibility of Trpv4-deficient mice to obesity and obesity-induced osteoarthritis with very high-fat diet.
Annals of the rheumatic diseases - 1 Feb 2013
O'Conor Christopher J, Griffin Timothy M, Liedtke Wolfgang, Guilak Farshid
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OBJECTIVE: To test the hypotheses that: (1) the transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 (TRPV4) ion channel is protective in the obesity model of osteoarthritis (OA), resulting in more severe obesity-induced OA in Trpv4 knockout (Trpv4(-/-)) mice; and (2) loss of TRPV4 alters mesodermal stem cel...
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