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SUBMITTER: Tufan AC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6818356 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov-Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of orthopaedics 20190525 6
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common, chronic, progressive, and multifactorial musculoskeletal system disease affecting millions of people around the world. Despite the use of several treatment modalities, the search for a disease modifying drug continuous. Recent evidence suggest involvement of C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) signaling in induction of chondroprotective pathways. A CNP analog (BMN 111) with an extended plasma half-life due to its neutral-endopeptidase resistance has shown to be phar ...[more]