Acidic cysteine endoproteinase cathepsin K in the degeneration of the superficial articular hyaline cartilage in osteoarthritis

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 953-960

  Konttinen, Yrjö T ^a   Mandelin, Jami ^b   Li, Tian Fang ^a   Salo, Jari ^a   Lassus, Jan ^a   Liljeström, Mikko ^b   Hukkanen, Mika ^c   Takagi, Michiaki ^d   Virtanen, Ismo ^b   Santavirta, Seppo ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c ORTON ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN K; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ACIDITY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE CELL; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CARTILAGE MATRIX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COXITIS; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYALINE DEGENERATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PH MEASUREMENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

ACIDS; ACRIDINE ORANGE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CATHEPSINS; CHONDROCYTES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; HYALIN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0036226928     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.10185     Document Type: Article

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