ReviewBMC musculoskeletal disorders2020
Understanding cartilage protection in OA and injury: a spectrum of possibilities.
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- Advances in heterogeneity and classification of osteoarthritis.Bone research · 2026Review
- p21 Knockdown as a Therapeutic Strategy for Focal Cartilage Injury Repair.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2026Article
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- Delayed Lubricin Injection Improves Cartilage Repair Tissue Quality in an In Vivo Rabbit Osteochondral Defect Model.Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society · 2025Article
- Teratoma-free cartilage regeneration using p21-/- iPSCs engineered with iCasp9.Stem cells translational medicine · 2025Article
- Repetitive Compressive Loading Downregulates Mitochondria Function and Upregulates the Cartilage Matrix Degrading Enzyme MMP-13 Through the Coactivation of NAD-Dependent Sirtuin 1 and Runx2 in Osteoarthritic Chondrocytes.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Incorporation of Cross-Linked Gelatin Microparticles To Enhance Cell Attachment and Chondrogenesis in Carboxylated Agarose Bioinks for Cartilage Engineering.ACS applied materials & interfaces · 2025Article
- Recent development of mitochondrial metabolism and dysfunction in osteoarthritis.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Review
- Mesenchymal stem cells and their extracellular vesicles: new therapies for cartilage repair.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025Review
- Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor: mechanisms and advances in therapy.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2024 · on this mapReview
- Hsa_circular RNA_0045474 Facilitates Osteoarthritis Via Modulating microRNA-485-3p and Augmenting Transcription Factor 4.Molecular biotechnology · 2024Article
- Stem Cell Therapy for Aging Related Diseases and Joint Diseases in Companion Animals.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Review
- Three-Dimensional Cell Cultures: The Bridge between In Vitro and In Vivo Models.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Biomechanics of Chondrocytes and Chondrons in Healthy Conditions and Osteoarthritis: A Review of the Mechanical Characterisations at the Microscale.Biomedicines · 2023Review
- Proteoglycans in Articular Cartilage and Their Contribution to Chondral Injury and Repair Mechanisms.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Mesenchymal progenitor cells from non-inflamed versus inflamed synovium post-ACL injury present with distinct phenotypes and cartilage regeneration capacity.Stem cell research & therapy · 2023Article
- Hop Extract Anti-Inflammatory Effect on Human Chondrocytes Is Potentiated When Encapsulated in Rapeseed Lecithin Nanoliposomes.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Article
- Naringin in the repair of knee cartilage injury via the TGF-β/ALK5/Smad2/3 signal transduction pathway combined with an acellular dermal matrix.Journal of orthopaedic translation · 2022Article
- Experimental Therapeutics for the Treatment of Osteoarthritis.Journal of experimental pharmacology · 2021Review
- Creating a Pro-Regenerative Tissue Microenvironment: Local Control is the Key.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundOsteoarthritis (OA) is a prevalent musculoskeletal disease resulting in progressive degeneration of the hyaline articular cartilage within synovial joints. Current repair treatments for OA often result in poor quality tissue that is functionally ineffective compared to the hyaline cartilage and demonstrates increased failure rates post-treatment. Complicating efforts to improve clinical outcomes, animal models used in pre-clinical research show significant heterogeneity in their regenerative and degenerative responses associated with their species, age, genetic/epigenetic traits, and context of cartilage injury or disease. These can lead to variable outcomes when testing and validating novel therapeutic approaches for OA. Furthermore, it remains unclear whether protection against OA among different model systems is driven by inhibition of cartilage degeneration, enhancement of cartilage regeneration, or any combination thereof. MAIN TEXT: Understanding the mechanistic basis underlying this context-dependent duality is essential for the rational design of targeted cartilage repair and OA therapies. Here, we discuss some of the critical variables related to the cross-species paradigm of degenerative and regenerative abilities found in pre-clinical animal models, to highlight that a gradient of regenerative competence within cartilage may exist across species and even in the greater human population, and likely influences clinical outcomes.
conclusionsA more complete understanding of the endogenous regenerative potential of cartilage in a species specific context may facilitate the development of effective therapeutic approaches for cartilage injury and/or OA.
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