Expression of connective tissue growth f
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Toshihiko Shakunaga; Toshifumi Ozaki; Nobuya Ohara; Koji Asaumi; Takeshi Doi; Ke
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Article
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2000
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Background: Connective tissue growth factor (ctgf) predominantly is expressed in hypertrophic chondrocytes and its specific receptors are demonstrated on chondrocytic cells. therefore, ctgf may be involved in the proliferation and/or differentiation of cartilage cells. in the current study, ctgf