Intervertebral disc degeneration and osteoarthritis: a common molecular disease spectrum

N Fine, S Lively, CA Séguin, AV Perruccio… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD) and osteoarthritis (OA) affecting the facet joint of the
spine are biomechanically interdependent, typically occur in tandem, and have considerable …

microRNA-181 serves as a dual-role regulator in the development of human cancers

T Rezaei, M Amini, ZS Hashemi, B Mansoori… - Free Radical Biology …, 2020 - Elsevier
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) as the regulatory short noncoding RNAs are involved in a wide array
of cellular and molecular processes. They negatively regulate gene expression and their …

Macrophage migration inhibitory factor drives pathology in a mouse model of spondyloarthritis and is associated with human disease

A Nakamura, F Zeng, S Nakamura, KT Reid… - Science translational …, 2021 - science.org
Spondyloarthritis (SpA), a type 3 immunity-mediated inflammatory arthritis, is a systemic
rheumatic disease that primarily affects the joints, spine, gut, skin, and eyes. Macrophage …

microRNA-181a-5p antisense oligonucleotides attenuate osteoarthritis in facet and knee joints

A Nakamura, YR Rampersaud, S Nakamura… - Annals of the …, 2019 - ard.bmj.com
Objectives We recently identified microRNA-181a-5p (miR-181a-5p) as a critical mediator
involved in the destruction of lumbar facet joint (FJ) cartilage. In this study, we tested if …

[HTML][HTML] The complex landscape of microRNAs in articular cartilage: biology, pathology, and therapeutic targets

H Endisha, J Rockel, I Jurisica, M Kapoor - JCI insight, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The disabling degenerative disease osteoarthritis (OA) is prevalent among the global
population. Articular cartilage degeneration is a central feature of OA; therefore, a better …

pathDIP: an annotated resource for known and predicted human gene-pathway associations and pathway enrichment analysis

S Rahmati, M Abovsky, C Pastrello… - Nucleic acids …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Molecular pathway data are essential in current computational and systems biology
research. While there are many primary and integrated pathway databases, several …

[HTML][HTML] Drug delivery in intervertebral disc degeneration and osteoarthritis: Selecting the optimal platform for the delivery of disease-modifying agents

F Colella, JP Garcia, M Sorbona, A Lolli… - Journal of controlled …, 2020 - Elsevier
Osteoarthritis (OA) and intervertebral disc degeneration (IVDD) as major cause of chronic
low back pain represent the most common degenerative joint pathologies and are leading …

MicroRNA-34a and MicroRNA-181a mediate visfatin-induced apoptosis and oxidative stress via NF-κB pathway in human osteoarthritic chondrocytes

S Cheleschi, S Tenti, N Mondanelli, C Corallo… - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Current evidence suggests a complex interaction between adipokines and microRNA
(miRNA) in osteoarthritis (OA) pathogenesis. The present study explored the role of miR-34a …

[HTML][HTML] The current role of disease-modifying osteoarthritis drugs

EC Rodriguez-Merchan - Archives of Bone and Joint Surgery, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Contemporary treatments for osteoarthritis (OA) pursue only to alleviate the pain caused by
the illness. Discovering disease-modifying osteoarthritis drugs (DMOADs) that can induce …

[HTML][HTML] Sequencing identifies a distinct signature of circulating microRNAs in early radiographic knee osteoarthritis

SA Ali, R Gandhi, P Potla, S Keshavarzi… - Osteoarthritis and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective MicroRNAs act locally and systemically to impact osteoarthritis (OA)
pathophysiology, but comprehensive profiling of the circulating miRNome in early vs late …