期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
卷 19, 期 8, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms19082282
关键词
early osteoarthritis; articular cartilage; proliferation; fibroblast growth factor 2; mitogen activated protein kinase; transforming growth factor beta; SMA- and MAD-related protein; interleukin; nuclear factor kappa B; miRNA
资金
- VolkswagenStiftung [92701]
- Deutsche Arthrose-Hilfe [P346-A825-Rolauffs-EP1]
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative whole joint disease, for which no preventative or therapeutic biological interventions are available. This is likely due to the fact that OA pathogenesis includes several signaling pathways, whose interactions remain unclear, especially at disease onset. Early OA is characterized by three key events: a rarely considered early phase of proliferation of cartilage-resident cells, in contrast to well-established increased synthesis, and degradation of extracellular matrix components and inflammation, associated with OA progression. We focused on the question, which of these key events are regulated by growth factors, inflammatory cytokines, and/or miRNA abundance. Collectively, we elucidated a specific sequence of the OA key events that are described best as a very early phase of proliferation of human articular cartilage (AC) cells and concomitant anabolic/catabolic effects that are accompanied by incipient pro-inflammatory effects. Many of the reviewed factors appeared able to induce one or two key events. Only one factor, fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2), is capable of concomitantly inducing all key events. Moreover, AC cell proliferation cannot be induced and, in fact, is suppressed by inflammatory signaling, suggesting that inflammatory signaling cannot be the sole inductor of all early OA key events, especially at disease onset.
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