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Epigenetic regulation of interleukin-8, an inflammatory chemokine, in osteoarthritis
27 Oct 2015
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OBJECTIVE: To determine whether altered IL8 methylation status is associated with increased expression of IL8 in human osteoarthritic (OA) chondrocytes. METHODS: IL8 expression levels and the percentage CpG methylation in human chondrocytes were quantified by qRT-PCR and pyrosequencing in OA patients and in non-OA osteoporotic controls. The effect of CpG methylation on IL8 promoter activity was determined using a...
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