Abstracts tagged "proteoglycans and treatment"

Abstract Number: 1041 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018
The Anti-Adamts-5 Nanobody®, M6495, Protects Against Cartilage Breakdown in Cartilage and Synovial Joint Tissue Explant Models
Anne Sofie Siebuhr¹, Anne C. Bay-Jensen², Christian S. Thudium², Morten A. Karsdal², Benedikte Serruys³, Daniela Werkmann⁴, Martin Michaelis⁴, Christoph Ladel⁴ and Sven Lindemann⁴, ¹Biomarkers and Research, Nordic Bioscience, Herlev, Denmark, ²Nordic Bioscience, Herlev, Denmark, ³Ablynx NV, Zwijnaarde, Belgium, ⁴Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
Background/Purpose: Osteoarthritis (OA) is associated with cartilage breakdown, where degradation of aggrecan by ADAMTS-5 (a disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs 5) is thought to…