Alternative splicing of human G6PD messenger RNA in K562 cells but not in cultured erythroblasts

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Alternative messenger RNA splicing and enzyme forms of cathepsin B in human osteoarthritic cartilage and cultured chondrocytes

✍ Simona Berardi; Angela Lang; Georgios Kostoulas; Dorothy Hörler; Edy M. Vilei; A 📂 Article 📅 2001 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 953 KB

Objective. In previous studies, we suggested that cathepsin B, which is present at sites of cartilage remodeling in osteoarthritis (OA), may act as an antagonist of cartilage repair, an enhancer of the action of metalloproteinases, and a mediator of cartilage neovascularization and mineralization. A