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Hyaluronic acid inhibited the upregulation of heat shock protein 70 in human chondrocytes from osteoarthritis and Kashin-Beck disease

Zongqiang GAO¹, Xiong GUO², Junchang CHEN¹, Chen DUAN²

1 Department of Orthopedics, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, 710004, China
2 Institute of Endemic Diseases, Faculty of Public Health, College of Medicine, Xi’an Jiaotong University; Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases, Ministry of Education, Xi’an, Shaanxi, 710061, China

* Address correspondence to: Zongqiang Gao,