NFATs are good for your cartilage!

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 893-895

  Beier, F ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Articular cartilage; Mouse models; NFAT; Osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

COLLAGENASE 3; MESSENGER RNA; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT3;

ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; EDITORIAL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; CHONDROGENESIS; DISEASE MODEL; JOINT; MOUSE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CHONDROGENESIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; JOINTS; MICE; NFATC TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; OSTEOARTHRITIS;

EID: 84903767687     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: 15229653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2014.04.011     Document Type: Editorial

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