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Membrane channel gene expression in human costal and articular chondrocytes.
Organogenesis - 2 Apr 2016
Asmar A, Barrett-Jolley R, Werner A, Kelly R, Stacey M
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Chondrocytes are the uniquely resident cells found in all types of cartilage and key to their function is the ability to respond to mechanical loads with changes of metabolic activity. This mechanotransduction property is, in part, mediated through the activity of a range of expressed transmembrane channels; ion channels, gap junction proteins, and porins. Appropriate expression of ion channels has been shown...
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