Figure 4From: Suppression of MMP activity in bovine cartilage explants cultures has little if any effect on the release of aggrecanase-derived aggrecan fragmentsRelease of aggrecan- and type II collagen-derived fragments from cartilage explants stimulated with catabolic cytokines. Supernatants from the experiment described in figure 2 was investigated in the sandwich 342FFGVG-G2 ELISA (figure 4A), the sandwich CTX-II ELISA measuring C-telopeptide fragments of type II collagen (figure 4B), sGAG (figure 4C) and hydroxyproline (figure 4D).Back to article page