Daisuke Ishimura   Naoki Yamamoto   Kaori Tajima   Ayumi Ohno   Yasuhiro Yamamoto   Osuke Washimi   Harumoto Yamada   
TOHOKU JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE 216(2) 149-156 2008年10月 [査読有り]
The incidence of arthritic diseases is rapidly increasing in most advanced countries. Articular cartilage, which is the most important tissue in the Joint, consists of chondrocytes and abundant extracellular matrix, including aggrecan, and shows p...