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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2025

A sulfonated cartilage interpenetrating polymer network reinforces and protects the extracellular matrix of degraded cartilage.

Christian D DeMoya, Pierson Husted, Dev R Mehrotra, Michael B Albro, Brian D Snyder, Mark W Grinstaff

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Christian D DeMoyaDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston MA 02215.ORCID 0000-0001-6869-6188
Pierson HustedDepartment of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston MA 02215.
Dev R MehrotraDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston MA 02215.ORCID 0000-0001-5494-4291
Michael B AlbroDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Boston University, Boston MA 02215.ORCID 0000-0002-3071-0252
Brian D SnyderDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital Boston, MA 02215.ORCID 0000-0003-1482-9509
Mark W GrinstaffDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston MA 02215.ORCID 0000-0002-5453-3668

Funding

Translational Research in BiomaterialsT32EB006359 · NIBIB · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI MARK W. GRINSTAFF, Michelle H Teplensky · 2009 to 2026
$4.2M
Arthroscopic Raman Monitoring of Cartilage Content for PTOA Diagnosis and Chondroregenerative Treatment ResponseR01AR081393 · NIAMS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI Michael B Albro, Brian D Snyder · 2022 to 2026
$2.8M
Advanced laser scanning confocal microscope for multiple usersS10OD024993 · OD · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI MERTZ, JEROME · 2018 to 2018
$448k
NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR081393NIBIB NIH HHS T32 EB006359NIH HHS S10 OD024993
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cartilage extracellular matrix (ECM) comprises a type-II collagen fibril network that affords structure and tensile strength, complemented by a negatively charged, sulfated glycosaminoglycan (GAG) matrix that retains interstitial water. These components act synergistically, bestowing the rheological and tribological material properties essential to cartilage function. At the onset of osteoarthritis, a disease characterized by cartilage degeneration, GAGs diminish from the ECM reducing interstitial fluid load support (

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cartilageextracellular matrixinterpenetrating polymer networkosteoarthritis

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PMID40766383
PMCPMC12324386

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