2018
Establishment of a Modified Collagen-Induced Arthritis Mouse Model to Investigate the Anti-inflammatory Activity of Progranulin in Inflammatory Arthritis
Wei J, Liu C. Establishment of a Modified Collagen-Induced Arthritis Mouse Model to Investigate the Anti-inflammatory Activity of Progranulin in Inflammatory Arthritis. Methods In Molecular Biology 2018, 1806: 305-313. PMID: 29956284, DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-8559-3_20.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChicken type II collagenArthritis mouse modelPGRN-deficient miceInflammatory arthritisAnti-inflammatory activityMouse modelDeficient miceCollagen-Induced Arthritis Mouse ModelProtective roleCollagen-induced arthritis (CIA) mouse modelAutoimmune inflammatory arthritisHuman rheumatoid arthritisAutoimmune modelComplete Freund'sRheumatoid arthritisDegenerative arthritisPathological featuresDegenerative osteoarthritisControl littermatesCIA modelArthritisHigh incidenceType II collagenProgranulinDisease models
2008
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