REMEDIES FOR ARTHRITIS DEFORMANS AND REMEDIES FOR RHEUMATOIDARTHRITIS

摘要

It is intended to provide remedies efficacious for arthritis deformans and rheumatoid arthritis. Namely, remedies for arthritis deformans and rheumatoi d arthritis which contain, as the active ingredient, chondromodulin-I protein having an activity of proliferating articular cartilage cells either alone o r in the coexistence with a basic fibroblast growth factor and an activity of inhibiting accelerated degradation of cartilage matrix.