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Targeted deletion of Atg5 in chondrocytes promotes age-related osteoarthritis
6 Oct 2015
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OBJECTIVES: It has been suggested that the lysosomal recycling process called macro-autophagy plays a role in osteoarthritis development. We thus decided to genetically ablate the autophagy-indispensable Atg5 gene specifically in chondrocytes and analyse the development of osteoarthritis upon aging and in a post-traumatic model. METHODS: Mice lacking the Atg5 gene in their chondrocytes (Atg5cKO) were generated by...
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