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Abstract Number: 56 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013
Age-Related Loss Of The Transforming Growth Factor Beta Receptor ALK5 Precedes Osteoarthritis Development In Cartilage
Arjan van Caam¹, Esmeralda N. Blaney Davidson², Eva Thijssen¹, Wim B. van den Berg¹ and Peter M. van der Kraan¹, ¹Rheumatology Research and Advanced Therapeutics, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ²Rheumatology Research & Advanced Therapeutics, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common joint disease and (old) age is its main risk factor. One of OA's main hallmarks is degradation of…

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