Rheumatology: Current Research

Rheumatology: Current Research
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ISSN: 2161-1149 (Printed)

Research Article - (2012) Volume 2, Issue 3

Monosodium Urate and Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Increase Apoptosis in Human Chondrocyte Cultures

1Department of Medicine/Division of Rheumatic Diseases, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, 44106-5076, USA
2Department of Anatomy, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, 44106-5076, USA
3Department of Ophthalmology and the Visual Sciences Research Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, 44106, USA
4Department of Orthopaedics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, 44106, USA
5Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, Seattle, WA, 98101-2795, USA

Abstract