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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Merry Ruan
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-43663 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Ruan Merry Z C MZ Erez Ayelet A Guse Kilian K Dawson Brian B Bertin Terry T Chen Yuqing Y Jiang Ming-Ming MM Yustein Jason J Gannon Francis F Lee Brendan H L BH
Science translational medicine 20130301 176
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common degenerative condition that afflicts more than 70% of the population between 55 and 77 years of age. Although its prevalence is rising globally with aging of the population, current therapy is limited to symptomatic relief and, in severe cases, joint replacement surgery. We report that intra-articular expression of proteoglycan 4 (Prg4) in mice protects against development of OA. Long-term Prg4 expression under the type II collagen promoter (Col2a1) does not adver ...[more]