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SUBMITTER: Hu PF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3167451 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hu Peng-fei PF Tang Jing-li JL Chen Wei-ping WP Bao Jia-peng JP Wu Li-dong LD
International orthopaedics 20100722 9
Apelin is a recently discovered hormone secreted by adipocytes. The aim of this study, therefore, was to evaluate the distribution of apelin in paired serum and synovial fluid (SF) of osteoarthritis (OA) patients, as compared to that in healthy controls, and to characterise the expression profile of apelin and its cognate receptor APJ in human chondrocytes. Apelin levels in serum and SF were analysed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Expression of apelin and APJ in human chondrocytes ...[more]