Protein Information

Name lubricin
Synonyms CACP; HAPO; JCAP; Lubricin; MSF; Megakaryocyte stimulating factor; PRG4; Proteoglycan 4…

Compound Information

Name SMA
CAS sodium 2-chloroacetate

Reference List

PubMed Abstract RScore(About this table)
19585565 Funakoshi T, Martin SD, Wolf BT, Schmid TM, Thornhill TS, Spector M: alpha-Smooth muscle actin-expressing cells and lubricin in periprosthetic tissue. J Biomed Mater Res A. 2010 May;93(2):515-27.

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19636108 Zhang L, Spector M: Comparison of three types of chondrocytes in collagen scaffolds for cartilage tissue engineering. Biomed Mater. 2009 Jul 28;4(4):45012.


Related aims were to investigate the expression of a contractile muscle actin isoform, alpha-smooth muscle actin (SMA), in the cells in the scaffold and to determine the presence of a lubricating glycoprotein, lubricin, in the constructs.
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