Article
Kindlin-2 preserves integrity of the articular cartilage to protect against osteoarthritis
2021-08-12
Abstract excerpt
Osteoarthritis (OA) is an aging-related degenerative joint disease, which has no cure partly due to limited understanding of its pathological mechanism(s). Here we report that the focal adhesion protein Kindlin-2, but not Kindlin-1 or −3, is highly expressed in articular chondrocytes of the hyaline cartilage, which is dramatically decreased in the degenerated articular cartilage of aged mice and patients with OA....
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- Literature Corpus work
- 6ee29006-14c6-53ad-a531-ebf4e14d5a6e
- DOI
- 10.1101/2021.08.11.456023
