Table 1

Expression differences of YKL-39 and YKL-40 in late stage osteoarthritic compared with normal cartilage according to conventional PCR (cvPCR), quantitative online PCR (qPCR), and cDNA array analysis (array)

GenecvPCRqPCRArray
YKL-39(↑)↑ (p<0.05).↑ (p<0.02)
YKL-40(↓)↓ (p<0.01)↓ (p<0.005)