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Chondrocyte phenotyping in human osteoarthritis.
Clinical rheumatology - 1 Jan 1998
Lapadula G, Iannone F, Zuccaro C, Grattagliano V, Covelli M, Patella V, Lo Bianco G, Pipitone V
Abstract excerpt
Cell-ECM (extracellular matrix) interactions are believed to play a key role in maintaining the normal structure of tissues such as cartilage. Cell surface adhesion molecules have been reported to mediate chondrocyte binding to ECM proteins in human normal cartilage but the behaviour of these molecules in human osteoarthritic cartilage is unknown. We studied receptor matrix proteins on freshly isolated...
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