Advanced Glycation End Products Induce Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor γ Down-Regulation-Related Inflammatory Signals in Human Chondrocytes via Toll-Like Receptor-4 and Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products

• Ying Ju Chen ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ying Ju Chen, Meei Ling Sheu, Keh Sung Tsai

  Affiliation Institute of Toxicology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Meei Ling Sheu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ying Ju Chen, Meei Ling Sheu, Keh Sung Tsai

  Affiliation Institute of Biomedical Sciences, National Chung Hsing University and Department of Education and Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Keh Sung Tsai ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ying Ju Chen, Meei Ling Sheu, Keh Sung Tsai

  Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Rong Sen Yang ,

  * E-mail: shinghwaliu@ntu.edu.tw (SHL); rsyang@ntuh.gov.tw (RSY)

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Shing Hwa Liu

  * E-mail: shinghwaliu@ntu.edu.tw (SHL); rsyang@ntuh.gov.tw (RSY)

  Affiliation Institute of Toxicology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

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