Potent inhibition of cartilage biosynthesis by coincubation with joint capsule through an IL-1-independent pathway

The reason for the increased risk for development of osteoarthritis (OA) after acute joint trauma is not well understood, but the mechanically injured cartilage may be more susceptible to degradative mediators secreted by other tissues in the joint. To establish a model for such interactions, we coi...

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Main Authors: Grodzinsky, Alan J. (Contributor), Patwari, P. (Contributor), Lin, S. N. (Contributor), Kurz, Bodo (Author), Cole, Ada A. (Author), Kumar, S. (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Biomedical Engineering (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2011-10-26T17:00:39Z.
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