PKR activation causes inflammation and MMP-13 secretion in human degenerated articular chondrocytes

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative joint disease affecting a large population of people. Although the elevated expression of PKR (double stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase) and MMP-13 (collagenase-3) have been indicated to play pivotal roles in the pathogenesis of OA, the exact mechanism under...

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Main Authors: Ching-Hou Ma, Chin-Hsien Wu, I.-Ming Jou, Yuan-Kun Tu, Ching-Hsia Hung, Pei-Ling Hsieh, Kun-Ling Tsai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-04-01
Series:Redox Biology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213231717305074