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ArticleMolecular medicine reports2018

Resveratrol ameliorates inflammatory damage and protects against osteoarthritis in a rat model of osteoarthritis.

Yulong Wei, Jie Jia, Xin Jin, Wei Tong, Hongtao Tian

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Article in Molecular medicine reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 58 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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58citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

58 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 88 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yulong WeiDepartment of Orthopedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430022, P.R. China.
Jie JiaDepartment of Orthopedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430022, P.R. China.
Xin JinDepartment of Orthopedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430022, P.R. China.
Wei TongDepartment of Orthopedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430022, P.R. China.
Hongtao TianDepartment of Orthopedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430022, P.R. China.
Huazhong University of Science and Technology · CNUnion Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Resveratrol is a non‑flavonoid polyphenol compound with a stilbene structure. As a type of phytoalexin produced under stress in plants, it improves the plant's resistance against pathogens and environment deterioration, and performs important functions beneficial to human health, such as anti‑cancer, anti‑oxidation, regulating blood lipid levels and prolonging life span. The effects of resveratrol were examined in a rat model of osteoarthritis (OA) and observed to ameliorate inflammatory damage and protect against OA. In the present study, resveratrol significantly inhibited the induction of clinical scores in rats with OA. Resveratrol inhibited tumor necrosis factor‑α, interleukin (IL)‑1β, IL‑6 and IL‑18 expression levels, and decreased caspase‑3/9 activity in rats with OA. Inducible nitric oxide synthase, nuclear factor (NF)‑κB, phosphorylated‑(p)‑AMP‑activated protein kinase and sirtuin 1 protein expression were significantly suppressed and heme oxygenase 1 (HO‑1) and nuclear factor erythroid 2‑related factor 2 (Nrf‑2) protein expression was stimulated in rats with OA treated with resveratrol. The current results indicate that resveratrol ameliorates inflammatory damage and protects against OA in a rat model of OA via NF‑κB and HO‑1/Nrf‑2 signaling.

Indexed as

Adenylate KinaseAnimalsAnti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-SteroidalCaspase 3Caspase 9Drug Evaluation, PreclinicalEnzyme InductionGene ExpressionHeme Oxygenase-1MaleMalondialdehydeNF-E2-Related Factor 2NF-kappa BNitric Oxide Synthase Type IIOsteoarthritisRats, WistarAdenylate KinaseAnti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-SteroidalCasp3 protein, ratCasp9 protein, ratCaspase 3Caspase 9Heme Oxygenase-1MalondialdehydeNfe2l2 protein, ratNF-E2-Related Factor 2NF-kappa BNitric Oxide Synthase Type IINos2 protein, ratResveratrolSirt1 protein, ratSirtuin 1StilbenesSuperoxide Dismutase

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PMID29138829
PMCPMC5780088
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