Increased influx of zinc into chondrocytes — the cells that make up cartilage — has been found to activate matrix-degrading enzymes that cause the destruction of cartilage in osteoarthritis.
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Kraus, V. The zinc link. Nature 507, 441–442 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/507441a
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