This study presents a 3D visualization technique for a minimal-invasive examination of the 3D architecture of the collagen fibres in the superficial zone of articular cartilage, and offers a new ...

D N A of gut microbiota can be found in synovium of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. This finding could result from the translocation of still alive bacteria from gut to joints through blood, ...

A dual-drug hydrogel using dexamethasone and kartogenin supports cartilage repair by controlling inflammation and promoting ...

A research team from Northwest University, China, has developed a breakthrough nano-composite hydrogel system to address the ...

Researchers from Northwest University in China developed a nano-composite hydrogel loaded with dexamethasone and kartogenin for osteoarthritis ...

This is a useful study in the role of CHI3L1 in Kupffer cells, the macrophages of the liver, showing that CHI3L1 alters glucose regulation in obesity. Specifically, Chi3l1 protects glucose-dependent ...

Authors used the following terms to define cartilage defect: cartilage abnormalities, cartilage defect, full cartilage thickness loss, cartilage pathology and cartilage lesion; and the following terms ...

Patients with intra-articular hip pathology have been reported to see 3.3 providers on average before being correctly diagnosed. 3 4 Thus, it is not uncommon for a patient to undergo inappropriate ...

Using these models of early cartilage injury is a useful tool to identify the cellular responses of articular cartilage to mechanical injury insults.

The progressive degeneration of articular cartilage is an underlying problem in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis (OA) as well as in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and other inflammation arthritides. It ...

Water distribution of human osteoarthritic articular cartilage has been characterized using terahertz time domain spectroscopy. The evaluation of water content in cartilage tissue can be helpful to ...