In Vitro Model of Cartilage Degradation
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This 14-day model of cartilage breakdown involves stimulation of bovine nasal cartilage with a combination of interleukin-1 and oncostatin M. Media is harvested on days 7 and 14 and the conditioned media and remaining cartilage at day 14 assayed for the levels of proteoglycan and collagen fragments using biochemical assays.
