Synovial joint-on-a-chip for modeling arthritis: Progress, pitfalls, and potential

ZA Li, S Sant, SK Cho, SB Goodman, BA Bunnell… - Trends in …, 2023 - cell.com
Disorders of the synovial joint, such as osteoarthritis (OA) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA),
afflict a substantial proportion of the global population. However, current clinical …

Anti-inflammatory therapeutic approaches to prevent or delay post-traumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA) of the knee joint with a focus on sustained delivery approaches

CM Khella, JM Horvath, R Asgarian, B Rolauffs… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Inflammation plays a central role in the pathogenesis of knee PTOA after knee trauma. While
a comprehensive therapy capable of preventing or delaying post-traumatic osteoarthritis …

Synovial fibroblasts assume distinct functional identities and secrete R-spondin 2 in osteoarthritis

AJ Knights, EC Farrell, OM Ellis, L Lammlin… - Annals of the …, 2023 - ard.bmj.com
Objectives Synovium is acutely affected following joint trauma and contributes to post-
traumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA) progression. Little is known about discrete cell types and …

[HTML][HTML] Single-cell RNA-Seq reveals changes in immune landscape in post-traumatic osteoarthritis

A Sebastian, NR Hum, JL McCool, SP Wilson… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common joint disease, affecting over 300 million people world-
wide. Accumulating evidence attests to the important roles of the immune system in OA …

Senescent cell population with ZEB1 transcription factor as its main regulator promotes osteoarthritis in cartilage and meniscus

H Swahn, K Li, T Duffy, M Olmer, DD D'Lima… - Annals of the …, 2023 - ard.bmj.com
Objectives Single-cell level analysis of articular cartilage and meniscus tissues from human
healthy and osteoarthritis (OA) knees. Methods Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) …

Targeting Synovial Lymphatic Function as a Novel Therapeutic Intervention for Age‐Related Osteoarthritis in Mice

X Lin, RD Bell, SE Catheline, T Takano… - Arthritis & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The synovial lymphatic system (SLS) removes catabolic factors from the joint.
Vascular endothelial growth factor C (VEGF‐C) and its receptor, VEGFR‐3, are crucial for …

MDS cells impair osteolineage differentiation of MSCs via extracellular vesicles to suppress normal hematopoiesis

Y Hayashi, KC Kawabata, Y Tanaka, Y Uehara… - Cell reports, 2022 - cell.com
Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) is a clonal disorder of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs),
characterized by ineffective hematopoiesis and frequent progression to leukemia. It has long …

PTH treatment before cyclic joint loading improves cartilage health and attenuates load-induced osteoarthritis development in mice

AY Antoinette, SN Ziemian, AR Brown, EB Hudson… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Osteoarthritis (OA) treatment is limited by the lack of effective nonsurgical interventions to
slow disease progression. Here, we examined the contributions of the subchondral bone …

Single-cell RNA sequencing in orthopedic research

T Wang, L Wang, L Zhang, Y Long, Y Zhang, Z Hou - Bone Research, 2023 - nature.com
Although previous RNA sequencing methods have been widely used in orthopedic research
and have provided ideas for therapeutic strategies, the specific mechanisms of some …

Profiling joint tissues at single-cell resolution: advances and insights

A Pandey, N Bhutani - Nature Reviews Rheumatology, 2024 - nature.com
Advances in the profiling of human joint tissues at single-cell resolution have provided
unique insights into the organization and function of these tissues in health and disease …