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Expression of decorin and biglycan by rabbit articular chondrocytes. Effects of cytokines and phenotypic modulation.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 16 Jun 1998
Demoor-Fossard M, Redini F, Boittin M, Pujol J P
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In this study, the levels of mRNAs coding for aggrecan, decorin and biglycan in rabbit articular chondrocytes were investigated, using both monolayer and 3D-alginate cultures treated with TGF-beta 1 and IL-1 beta. The cells were shown to express higher amounts of proteoglycan messages, specially the aggrecan, in gels than in monolayers. TGF-beta 1 increased aggrecan mRNA in both systems, whereas biglycan message...
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