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Synovial Macrophages in Osteoarthritis: The Key to Understanding Pathogenesis?

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FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 12, Issue -, Pages -

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FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.678757

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osteoarthritis; pathogenesis; macrophage subsets; synovial tissue; inflammation

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  1. JGW Patterson Foundation

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Effective treatment of osteoarthritis remains challenging due to the heterogeneity of patients and the involvement of inflammation and macrophages in disease progression. Understanding the role of macrophages may lead to improved treatments for OA.
Effective treatment of osteoarthritis (OA) remains a huge clinical challenge despite major research efforts. Different tissues and cell-types within the joint contribute to disease pathogenesis, and there is great heterogeneity between patients in terms of clinical features, genetic characteristics and responses to treatment. Inflammation and the most abundant immune cell type within the joint, macrophages, have now been recognised as possible players in disease development and progression. Here we discuss recent findings on the involvement of synovial inflammation and particularly the role of synovial macrophages in OA pathogenesis. Understanding macrophage involvement may hold the key for improved OA treatments.

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