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A possible physiologic consequence of IL-1β-induced tenascin expression is that it may promote chondrocyte migration towards the sites of lesions in OA [ 47].
To examine this function in more detail, we employed a culture system that facilitates chondrocyte maturation and cartilage formation, and closely recapitulates the in vivo situation [ 11 ] . The micromass system has been used extensively for studies of cartilage formation from limb mesenchyme [ 10 11 12 13 ] and also for culture of chondrocytes in high density [ 14 ] . Here, we have adapted the system to neonatal mouse rib chondrocytes, to study the role of Hoxc-8 in chondrocyte maturation.
These results point to a role of Hoxc-8 in regulation of cartilage maturation and chondrocyte differentiation.
We found that CDDO inhibited the expression of these enzymes in a chondrocyte cell line, human primary chondrocytes and synovial fibroblasts.
Bone morphogenetic protein 4 (BMP4) is a member of the TGF-β superfamily of proteins and is required for chondrocyte differentiation and cartilage maintenance [ 42, 43].
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