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Neuroleukin/Autocrine Motility Factor Receptor Pathway Promotes Proliferation of Articular Chondrocytes through Activation of AKT and Smad2/3.
Scientific reports - 13 Oct 2015
Tian Kang, Zhong Weiliang, Zheng Xifu, Zhang Jinrui, Liu Pixu, Zhang Weiguo, Liu Han
Abstract excerpt
Cartilage defect is an intractable clinical problem. Therapeutic strategies for cartilage repair are far from optimal due to poor proliferation capacity of chondrocytes. Autologous chondrocyte implantation is a cell based therapy that uses in vitro amplified healthy chondrocytes from the patient. However, chondrocyte dedifferentiation during in vitro culture limits its application. Neuroleukin (NLK) is a...
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