The aim of this study was to purify, characterize, and study the regulation at the chondrocyte level of the guinea pig (gp) homologue of human (R) YKL40, a putative marker of arthritic disorders. Studying YKL40 in guinea pigs is of particular interest, as age-related osteoarthritis develops in this
Regulation of YKL-40 production by human articular chondrocytes
β Scribed by Julia S. Johansen; Tsaiwei Olee; Paul A. Price; Sanshiro Hashimoto; Robert L. Ochs; Martin Lotz
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 648 KB
- Volume
- 44
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-3591
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