Cartilage in osteoarthritic joints is not automatically osteoarthritic cartilage
Author(s) -
Thomas Aigner
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.754
H-Index - 325
eISSN - 1477-9129
pISSN - 0950-1991
DOI - 10.1242/dev.02532
Subject(s) - chondrogenesis , mesenchymal stem cell , cartilage , microbiology and biotechnology , chondrocyte , biology , downregulation and upregulation , osteoarthritis , bone morphogenetic protein 2 , bone morphogenetic protein , immunology , pathology , anatomy , medicine , genetics , alternative medicine , gene , in vitro
In their study of a novel chordin-like BMP inhibitor, CHL2, Nakayama and colleagues ([Nakayama et al., 2004][1]) report on a newly identified BMP inhibitor that is specifically expressed in developing articular cartilages, as well as in connective tissues in reproductive organs. They also show the
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