Hemoglobin stimulates the expression of ADAMTS-5 and ADAMTS-9 by synovial cells: a possible cause of articular cartilage damage after intra-articular hemorrhage-MedSci.cn

Hemoglobin stimulates the expression of ADAMTS-5 and ADAMTS-9 by synovial cells: a possible cause of articular cartilage damage after intra-articular hemorrhage

Tajima, T; Sekimoto, T; Yamaguchi, N; Taniguchi, N; Kurogi, S; Maruyama, M; Chosa, E

Tajima, T (reprint author), Univ Miyazaki, Fac Med, Dept Med Sensory & Motor Organs, Div Orthopaed Surg, 5200 Kihara, Kiyotake, Miyazaki 8891692, Japan.

BMC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS, 2017; 18 ( ):

Abstract

Background: ADAMTS (a disintegrin and metalloprotease with thrombospondin motifs) proteins play an important pathological role in matrix degeneration.......

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