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Proteins that Maintain Healthy Cartilage May Help 'Outfox' Osteoarthritis (1 of 2)

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Proteins that Maintain Healthy Cartilage May Help 'Outfox' Osteoarthritis (1 of 2)

image: Between 4 and 6 months of age, full thickness cartilage lesions developed in mice lacking FoxO proteins. Rodents lacking FoxO1 developed severe cartilage lesions at 6 months, whereas those lacking FoxO3 and FoxO4 showed no histological cartilage abnormalities up to 6 months of age. view more 

Credit: T. Matsuzaki <i>et al., Science Translational Medicine </i>(2018)


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