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ArticleInflammopharmacology2019

Triptolide prevents osteoarthritis via inhibiting hsa-miR-20b.

Kejun Qian, Li Zhang, Keqin Shi

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Article in Inflammopharmacology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. NLRP3-Mediated Inflammation in Atherosclerosis and Associated Therapeutics.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2022
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  7. Triptolide improves myocardial fibrosis in rats through inhibition of nuclear factor kappa B and NLR family pyrin domain containing 3 inflammasome pathway.The Korean journal of physiology & pharmacology : official journal of the Korean Physiological Society and the Korean Society of Pharmacology · 2021
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  10. Therapeutic Single Compounds for Osteoarthritis Treatment.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kejun QianDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Wuxi Second Hospital, 68 Zhongshan Road, 214001, Wuxi, China.
Li ZhangDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Wuxi Second Hospital, 68 Zhongshan Road, 214001, Wuxi, China.
Keqin ShiDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Wuxi Second Hospital, 68 Zhongshan Road, 214001, Wuxi, China. Shikeqin2096@126.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0868-4297
Shanxi Medical University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Triptolide has been widely reported to exhibit potential therapeutic value in multiple inflammatory diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and psoriasis. Although its safety and efficacy as an anti-inflammatory agent have been verified by many studies, the effect of triptolide on osteoarthritis (OA) was not clearly understood. In this study, we found that triptolide prevented OA development in a surgical destabilization of the medial meniscus (DMM) mouse model. In addition, triptolide inhibited both DMM-induced and LPS-induced expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines in the human monocytic cell line THP-1. Further mechanistic studies showed that the reduction of pro-inflammatory cytokines by triptolide was mediated by the upregulation of nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptor family pyrin domain-containing protein 3 (NLRP3) and downregulation of caspase-1. Finally, we identified that hsa-miR-20b, a microRNA targeting the NLRP3 gene, was downregulated by triptolide. This study provides a novel insight into the effect on triptolide in preventing OA pathogenesis.

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AnimalsCell LineCytokinesDisease Models, AnimalDiterpenesDown-RegulationEpoxy CompoundsHumansMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMicroRNAsMonocytesNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinOsteoarthritisPhenanthrenesCytokinesDiterpenesEpoxy CompoundsMicroRNAsMIRN20b microRNA, humanNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinPhenanthrenestriptolidehsa-miR-20bNLRP3OsteoarthritisTriptolide

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PMID29974310
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