Increased intercellular communication through gap junctions may contribute to progress of osteoarthritis

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 422, Issue , 2004, Pages 224-232

  Marino, Andrew A ^a   Waddell, David D ^a   Kolomytkitn, Oleg V ^a   Meek, William D ^b   Wolf, Robert ^c   Sadasivan, Kalia K ^a   Albright, James A ^a  

^a Louisiana State University School of Medicine Shreveport   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME RELEASE; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; JOINT BIOPSY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYNOVIOCYTE; SYNOVIUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 2542463079     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000129346.29945.3b     Document Type: Article

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