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Differential expression of mRNAs for endopeptidases in phenotypically modulated ('dedifferentiated') human articular chondrocytes.
FEBS letters - 4 Aug 1997
Kostoulas G, Lang A, Trueb B, Baici A
Abstract excerpt
Human articular chondrocytes modulated away from their original phenotype by serial subcultures in monolayer differentially express mRNAs for endopeptidases. The mRNAs for the cathepsins B and L are extremely low in differentiated cells, but are soon expressed in parallel with the loss of the differentiated state. In contrast, the mRNA for collagenase-1 is strongly expressed by differentiated chondrocytes and...
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