Regulation of chondrocyte differentiation by ADAMTS-12 metalloproteinase depends on its enzymatic activity
Bai X, Wang D, Luan Y, Yu X, Liu C. Regulation of chondrocyte differentiation by ADAMTS-12 metalloproteinase depends on its enzymatic activity. Cellular And Molecular Life Sciences 2008, 66: 667. PMID: 19151918, PMCID: PMC11131527, DOI: 10.1007/s00018-008-8633-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsADAMTS-12Chondrocyte differentiationGrowth plate chondrocytesType X collagen expressionThrombospondin motifsPTHrPCollagen expressionAltered expressionMRNA levelsProminent expressionDownstream moleculesADAMTS familyMetalloproteinaseInhibitionEnzymatic activityNovel regulatorProteolytic activityChondrocytesExpressionChondrogenesisDifferentiationActivity