ba0001pp29 | Arthritis and other joint diseases: translational and clinical | ECTS2013
Gilbert Sophie
, Nowell Mari
, Bonnet Cleo
, Ladiges Warren
, Morton John
, Duance Vic
, Mason Debbie
Objective: The protein kinases, PKR, and PERK have been implicated in pro-inflammatory cytokine-mediated cartilage degradation in vitro and endoplasmic reticulum stress-induced arthritis respectively. The objective of this study was to establish whether loss of P58IPK, an inhibitor of PKR and PERK, results in a degenerative joint phenotype in vivo.Methods: Sections of knee joints from P58IPK-null and wild-type mice...