N-acetylcysteine prevents nitric oxide-i
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Shuji Nakagawa; Yuji Arai; Osam Mazda; Tsunao Kishida; Kenji A. Takahashi; Kei S
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Article
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2009
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Elsevier Science
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English
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## Abstract We investigated whether __N__‐acetylcysteine (NAC), a precursor of glutathione, could protect rabbit articular chondrocytes against nitric oxide (NO)‐induced apoptosis and could prevent cartilage destruction in an experimental model of osteoarthritis (OA) in rats. Isolated chondrocytes