Calcitonin affects both bone and cartilage: a dual action treatment for osteoarthritis?
Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of degenerative joint diseases and a major cause of disability and impaired quality of life in the elderly. OA is a complex disease involving both bone and cartilage properties, and may therefore require alternative approaches for treatment. Recent lines o…
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Authors:
- Karsdal MA,
- Sondergaard BC,
- Arnold M,
- Christiansen C,
Osteoarthritic cartilage is more homogeneous than healthy cartilage: identification of a superior region of interest colocalized with a major risk factor for osteoarthritis
RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES:
Cartilage loss as determined by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or joint space narrowing as determined by x-ray is the result of cartilage erosion. However, metabolic processes within the cartilage that later result in cartilage loss may be a more sensitive assessment met…
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Authors:
- Qazi AA,
- Dam EB,
- Nielsen M,
- Karsdal MA,
- Pettersen PC,
- Christiansen C,
The effect of oral calcitonin on cartilage turnover and surface erosion in an ovariectomized rat model
OBJECTIVE:
To investigate whether oral calcitonin treatment influences the increases in type II collagen (CII) degradation and related surface erosions of articular cartilage in ovariectomized rats.
METHODS:
Fifty rats were randomly allocated into 1 of the 5 following intervention groups: sham-…
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Authors:
- Sondergaard BC,
- Oestergaard S,
- Christiansen C,
- Tankó LB,
- Karsdal MA,
Bone, cartilage and hormone therapy: established concepts and future scenarios
In the aftermath of the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) study, the firm ground of postmenopausal hormone therapy (HT) has been thoroughly shaken. While there was agreement that HT is indicated for the therapy of menopause-associated vasomotor symptoms and vulvovaginal atrophy, there was a general an…
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Authors:
- Holinka CF,
- Karsdal MA,
- Christiansen C,
Induction of increased cAMP levels in articular chondrocytes blocks matrix metalloproteinase-mediated cartilage degradation, but not aggrecanase-mediated cartilage degradation
OBJECTIVE:
Calcitonin has been suggested to have chondroprotective effects. One signaling pathway of calcitonin is via the second messenger cAMP. We undertook this study to investigate whether increased cAMP levels in chondrocytes would be chondroprotective.
METHODS:
Cartilage degradation was i…
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Authors:
- Karsdal MA,
- Sumer EU,
- Wulf H,
- Madsen SH,
- Christiansen C,
- Fosang AJ,
- Sondergaard BC,
Separation of healthy and early osteoarthritis by automatic quantification of cartilage homogeneity
OBJECTIVE:
Cartilage loss as determined either by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or by joint space narrowing in X-rays is the result of cartilage erosion. However, metabolic processes within the cartilage that later result in cartilage loss may be a more accurate assessment method for early chang…
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Authors:
- Qazi AA,
- Folkesson J,
- Karsdal MA,
- Christiansen C,
- Dam EB,
Anabolic and catabolic function of chondrocyte ex vivo is reflected by the metabolic processing of type II collagen
The aim of the present study was to investigate collagen metabolism after anabolic and catabolic stimulation of chondrocytes ex vivo.
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Metabolic activities in ex vivo bovine cartilage explants were stimulated with insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) or a combination of tumor necrosis fac…
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Authors:
- Olsen AK,
- Sondergaard BC,
- Byrjalsen I,
- Tankó LB,
- Christiansen C,
- Müller A,
- Hein GE,
- Karsdal MA,
- Qvist P,
MMP and non-MMP-mediated release of aggrecan and its fragments from articular cartilage: a comparative study of three different aggrecan and glycosaminoglycan assays
Aggrecan is the major proteoglycan in articular cartilage and is known to be degraded by various proteases, including matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs). The present study was undertaken to develop immunoassays detecting aggrecan and its fragments generated by MMP and non-MMP-mediated proteolysis.
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Authors:
- Sumer EU,
- Sondergaard BC,
- Rousseau JC,
- Delmas PD,
- Fosang AJ,
- Karsdal MA,
- Christiansen C,
- Qvist P,