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Fibrates as drugs with senolytic and autophagic activity for osteoarthritis therapy
1 Jul 2019
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BACKGROUND: Ageing-related failure of homeostasis mechanisms contributes to articular cartilage degeneration and osteoarthritis (OA), for which disease-modifying treatments are not available. Our objective was to identify molecules to prevent OA by regulating chondrocyte senescence and autophagy. METHODS: Human chondrocytes with IL-6 induced senescence and autophagy suppression and SA-β-gal as a reporter of...
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