TY - JOUR AU - Swingler, Tracey E. AU - Waters, Jasmine G. AU - Davidson, Rosemary K. AU - Pennington, Caroline J. AU - Puente, Xose S. AU - Darrah, Clare AU - Cooper, Adele AU - Donell, Simon T. AU - Guile, Geoffrey R. AU - Wang, Wenjia AU - Clark, Ian M. PY - 2009 DA - 2009/06/23 TI - Degradome expression profiling in human articular cartilage JO - Arthritis Research & Therapy SP - R96 VL - 11 IS - 3 AB - The molecular mechanisms underlying cartilage destruction in osteoarthritis are poorly understood. Proteolysis is a key feature in the turnover and degradation of cartilage extracellular matrix where the focus of research has been on the metzincin family of metalloproteinases. However, there is strong evidence to indicate important roles for other catalytic classes of proteases, with both extracellular and intracellular activities. The aim of this study was to profile the expression of the majority of protease genes in all catalytic classes in normal human cartilage and that from patients with osteoarthritis (OA) using a quantitative method. SN - 1478-6354 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/ar2741 DO - 10.1186/ar2741 ID - Swingler2009 ER -