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ReviewOsteoarthritis and cartilage2013

A commentary on modelling osteoarthritis pain in small animals.

A M Malfait, C B Little, J J McDougall

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Review in Osteoarthritis and cartilage, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 86 papers.

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86citing papers in PubMed
10.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

86 citing papers in PubMed, 150 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Measuring Joint Pain Through Tibiofemoral Flexion: A Novel Approach to Assess Pain Behavior and Analgesic Profiles in Rats.Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society · 2026
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  15. Electro-acupuncture modulated miR-214 expression to prevent chondrocyte apoptosis and reduce pain by targeting BAX and TRPV4 in osteoarthritis rats.Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologica · 2024
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26 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

A M MalfaitDepartment of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA. anne-marie_malfait@rush.edu
C B Little
J J McDougall
Dalhousie University · CARoyal North Shore Hospital · AURush University Medical Center · US

Funding

Osteoarthritis Progression And Sensory Pathway AlterationsR01AR064251 · NIAMS · RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI MALFAIT, ANNE-MARIE, MILLER, RICHARD J · 2013 to 2025
$7.6M
Molecular Pathways of Pain Generation in OsteoarthritisR01AR060364 · NIAMS · RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI MALFAIT, ANNE-MARIE · 2011 to 2025
$6.0M
CIHRNIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR060364NIAMS NIH HHS R01AR060364NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR064251NIAMS NIH HHS R01AR064251
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo describe the currently used animal models for the study of osteoarthritis (OA) pain, with an emphasis on small animals (predominantly mice and rats). OUTLINE: Narrative review summarizing the opportunities and limitations of the most commonly used small animal models for the study of pain and pain pathways associated with OA, and discussing currently used methods for pain assessment. Involvement of neural degeneration in OA is briefly discussed. A list of considerations when studying pain-related behaviours and pathways in animal models of OA is proposed.

conclusionsAnimal models offer great potential to unravel the complex pathophysiology of OA pain, its molecular and temporal regulation. They constitute a critical pathway for developing and testing disease-specific symptom-modifying therapeutic interventions. However, a number of issues remain to be resolved in order to standardize pre-clinical OA pain research and to optimize translation to clinical trials and patient therapies.

Indexed as

Disease Models, AnimalMiceRatsAnimalsArthralgiaArthritis, ExperimentalOsteoarthritisAnimal modelsOsteoarthritisPain

Identifiers

PMID23973146
PMCPMC3903124
OpenAlexW2056369910

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