The pathogenesis of osteoarthritis involves bone, cartilage and synovial inflammation: may estrogen be a magic bullet?
The female predominance of polyarticular osteoarthritis (OA), and in particular the marked increase of OA in women after the menopause points to a likely involvement of female sex hormones in the maintenance of cartilage homeostasis. This perception has inspired many research groups to investigate t…
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The inhibitory effect of salmon calcitonin on tri-iodothyronine induction of early hypertrophy in articular cartilage
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Salmon calcitonin has chondroprotective effect both in vitro and in vivo, and is therefore being tested as a candidate drug for cartilage degenerative diseases. Recent studies have indicated that different chondrocyte phenotypes may express the calcitonin receptor (CTR) differentially. W…
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- Chen-An P,
- Andreassen KV,
- Henriksen K,
- Karsdal MA,
- Bay-Jensen AC,
Mice over-expressing salmon calcitonin have strongly attenuated osteoarthritic histopathological changes after destabilization of the medial meniscus
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Calcitonin is well-known for its inhibitory actions on bone-resorbing osteoclasts and recently potential beneficial effects on cartilage were shown. We investigated effects of salmon calcitonin (sCT) on the articular cartilage and bone, after destabilization of the medial meniscus (DMM) …
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- Sondergaard BC,
- Catala-Lehnen P,
- Huebner AK,
- Bay-Jensen AC,
- Schinke T,
- Henriksen K,
- Schilling S,
- Haberland M,
- Nielsen RH,
- Amling M,
- Karsdal MA,
The distribution pattern of critically short telomeres in human osteoarthritic knees
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Telomere shortening is associated with a number of common age-related diseases. A role of telomere shortening in osteoarthritis (OA) has been suggested, mainly based on the assessment of mean telomere length in ex vivo expanded chondrocytes. We addressed this role directly in vivo by u…
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- Harbo M,
- Bendix L,
- Bay-Jensen AC,
- Graakjaer J,
- Søe K,
- Andersen TL,
- Kjaersgaard-Andersen P,
- Koelvraa S,
- Delaisse JM,