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Transforming growth factor-beta predominantly stimulates phenotypically changed chondrocytes in osteoarthritic human cartilage.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 Mar 1997
Lafeber F P, van Roy H L, van der Kraan P M, van den Berg W B, Bijlsma J W
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OBJECTIVE: One of the most prominent alterations that characterizes osteoarthritic cartilage damage is a reduction of proteoglycan content, reflecting an imbalance between synthesis and release of proteoglycans. Both synthesis and release depend on the activity of cartilage cells. Chondrocytes in the upper layer of moderately osteoarthritic human knee cartilage appear to be phenotypically altered, including...
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