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ArticleAdvances in rheumatology (London, England)2022

Quantitative evaluation of very early cartilage damage in experimental osteoarthritis using scanning electron microscopy.

Virgínia Cláudia Carneiro Girão-Carmona, Mirna Marques Bezerra, Fernanda Maria Aragão Ximenes Porto, Ana Carolina Matias Dinelly Pinto, Rodolfo de Melo Nunes, Anelise Maria Costa Vasconcelos Alves, Claudio Cabral Campello, Ana Caroline Rocha de Melo Leite, Gerly Anne de Castro Brito, Francisco Airton Castro da Rocha

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Article in Advances in rheumatology (London, England), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Virgínia Cláudia Carneiro Girão-CarmonaFaculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal do Ceará, Postgraduate Program in Morphological Sciences, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
Mirna Marques BezerraSchool of Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Sobral, Ceará, Brazil.
Fernanda Maria Aragão Ximenes PortoFaculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal do Ceará, Postgraduate Program in Morphological Sciences, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
Ana Carolina Matias Dinelly PintoPostgraduate Program in Medical Sciences, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
Rodolfo de Melo NunesPostgraduate Program in Medical Sciences, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
Anelise Maria Costa Vasconcelos AlvesFaculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal do Ceará, Postgraduate Program in Medical Microbiology, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
Claudio Cabral CampelloFaculdade de Medicina Veterinária of the Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
Ana Caroline Rocha de Melo LeiteUniversity of International Integration of Afro-Brazilian Lusophony, Redenção, Ceará, Brazil.
Gerly Anne de Castro BritoFaculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal do Ceará, Postgraduate Program in Morphological Sciences, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
Francisco Airton Castro da RochaPostgraduate Program in Medical Sciences, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. arocha@ufc.br.ORCID 0000-0003-4370-3294
Universidade Federal do Ceará · BRUniversidade Estadual do Ceará · BRUniversity for International Integration of the Afro-Brazilian Lusophony · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo describe parametric changes observed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) in very early stages in posttraumatic osteoarthritis (OA) models in mice.

methodsMice (5/group) had their knees subjected to anterior cruciate ligament transection (ACLT), ACLT plus meniscectomy (MNCT) or sham surgery, sacrificed after 3, 7 or 14 days, had the articular cartilage evaluated under optical microscopy using Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) parameters as well as cartilage thickness, roughness, and a damage index using SEM.

resultsAlterations of the cartilage under optical microscopy were not significantly relevant among groups. SEM analysis revealed reduction of femoral and tibial cartilage thickness in ACLT and MNCT groups at 7 and 14 days, with increased cartilage roughness in MNCT group as early as 3 days postsurgery, being sustained up to 14 days. Articular damage index was significantly higher at 14 days post surgery in ACLT and MNCT vs control groups.

conclusionThis is the first demonstration of very early quantitative changes in the cartilage of mice subjected to posttraumatic experimental OA using SEM, revealing increased roughness and thickness as early as 3 days post surgery. These changes may be used as early surrogates for later joint damage in experimental OA.

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Cartilage, ArticularOsteoarthritisAnimalsAnterior Cruciate LigamentDisease Models, AnimalHumansMiceMicroscopy, Electron, ScanningCartilageHistopathologyOsteoarthritisScanning electron microscopy

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