## Objective: To evaluate the anabolic activity of osteoarthritic chondrocytes in situ by investigating the messenger rna (mrna) expression of 3 major cartilage components, type ii collagen, aggrecan, and link protein: ## Methods: In situ hybridization experiments and histochemical analysis for p
Zonal gene expression of chondrocytes in osteoarthritic cartilage
β Scribed by Naoshi Fukui; Yoshinari Miyamoto; Masahiro Nakajima; Yasuko Ikeda; Atsuhiko Hikita; Hiroshi Furukawa; Hiroyuki Mitomi; Nobuho Tanaka; Yozo Katsuragawa; Seizo Yamamoto; Motoji Sawabe; Takuo Juji; Toshihito Mori; Ryuji Suzuki; Shiro Ikegawa
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 316 KB
- Volume
- 58
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-3591
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