Potential role of COMP as a biomarker for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

MeSH terms

• Adolescent
• Biomarkers / metabolism
• Cartilage Oligomeric Matrix Protein
• Extracellular Matrix Proteins / metabolism*
• Female
• Gene Expression Regulation
• Glycoproteins / metabolism*
• Humans
• Matrilin Proteins
• Models, Biological
• Models, Theoretical
• Mutation
• Osteoblasts / metabolism
• Phenotype
• RNA, Messenger / metabolism
• Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
• Scoliosis / diagnosis*
• Scoliosis / metabolism*