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ReviewAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Is Osteoarthritis a State of Joint Dysbiosis?

Mincong He, Frank Kolhoff, Michael A Mont, Javad Parvizi

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Review in Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Mincong HeThe Third Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510000, China.
Frank KolhoffInternational Joint Center, Acibadem Maslak Hospital, Istanbul 34303, Turkey.ORCID 0009-0002-3221-9368
Michael A MontRubin Institute for Advanced Orthopaedics, Baltimore, MD 21215, USA.
Javad ParviziInternational Joint Center, Acibadem Maslak Hospital, Istanbul 34303, Turkey.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Osteoarthritis (OA) has traditionally been defined as a degenerative joint disease driven by mechanical wear, aging, and metabolic disturbances. However, emerging evidence suggests that joint dysbiosis, a dysregulation in the joint microbiome, may play an important role in OA pathogenesis. This review explores the mechanisms linking dysbiosis to OA. We examine the presence and origin of joint dysbiosis, also highlighting the gut-joint and oral-joint axes as potential routes for microbial translocation. However, challenges remain in distinguishing causation from correlation and addressing microbial contaminants in microbiome studies. Future research should prioritize longitudinal studies and multiomics integration to elucidate the complex interplay between microbial communities and joint health.

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contaminantsgut–joint axisgut microbiotajoint microbiomeosteoarthritis

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PMID40558199
PMCPMC12190058

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