The role of sclerostin in knee osteoarthritis and its relation to disease progression

• Những tác giả chính: Amina B Eldin (Tác giả), Elham S Mohamed (Tác giả), Fatma EL Zahraa Hassan (Tác giả)
• Định dạng: Sách
• Được phát hành: SpringerOpen, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Những chủ đề: article
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Background Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common joint disease especially in aging population and is characterized by progressive degeneration of articular cartilage, osteophyte formation, and subsequent joint space narrowing. Sclerostin, a protein product of the SOST gene, secreted mainly by osteocytes c...