Inflammation and joint destruction may be linked to the generation of cartilage metabolites of ADAMTS-5 through activation of toll-like receptors.
OBJECTIVE:
Links between pain and joint degradation are poorly understood. We investigated the role of activation of Toll-like receptors (TLR) by cartilage metabolites in initiating and maintaining the inflammatory loop in OA causing joint destruction.
METHODS:
Synovial membrane explants (SMEs)…
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Authors:
- Sharma N,
- drobinski P,
- Kayed A,
- Chen Z,
- Kjelgaard-Petersen CF,
- Gantzel T,
- Karsdal MA,
- Michaels M,
- Ladel C,
- Bay-Jensen AC,
- Lindemann S,
- Thudium CS,
Effect of Intra-Articular Sprifermin vs Placebo on Femorotibial Joint Cartilage Thickness in Patients With Osteoarthritis: The FORWARD Randomized Clinical Trial.
IMPORTANCE:
Sprifermin is under investigation as a disease-modifying osteoarthritis drug.
OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate the effects of sprifermin on changes in total femorotibial joint cartilage thickness in the more symptomatic knee of patients with osteoarthritis.
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Authors:
- Hochberg MC,
- Guermazi A,
- Guehring H,
- Aydemir A,
- Wax S,
- Fleuranceau-Morel P,
- Reinstrup Bihlet A,
- Byrjalsen I,
- Ragnar Andersen J,
- Eckstein F,
Biochemical markers in osteoarthritis with lessons learned from osteoporosis.
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a disease of the whole joint, including synovium, bone and cartilage. OA is a slow degenerative and very heterogeneous disease, with both varying levels of disease activity and progression. Biomarkers are urgently needed to assist drug developers in selecting and developing th…
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Associations between biomarkers of bone and cartilage turnover, gender, pain categories and radiographic severity in knee osteoarthritis.
BACKGROUND:
Excessive cartilage degradation is a known characteristic of osteoarthritis (OA). Biochemical markers, such as uCTX-II, have been shown to be associated with disease severity, yet the tissue origin of CTX-II has been disputed. This analysis investigates the association between OA knee j…
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Authors:
- Bihlet AR,
- Byrjalsen I,
- Bay-Jensen AC,
- Andersen JR,
- Christiansen C,
- Riis BJ,
- Karsdal MA,
Identification of pathological RA endotypes using blood-based biomarkers reflecting tissue metabolism. A retrospective and explorative analysis of two phase III RA studies.
There is an increasing demand for accurate endotyping of patients according to their pathogenesis to allow more targeted treatment. We explore a combination of blood-based joint tissue metabolites (neoepitopes) to enable patient clustering through distinct disease profiles. We analysed data from two…
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Authors:
- Blair JPM,
- Bager C,
- Karsdal MA,
- Bay-Jensen AC,
Incidence of total hip and total knee replacements from the prospective epidemiologic risk factor study: considerations for event driven clinical trial design
BACKGROUND:
Osteoarthritis (OA) leads to joint failure and total joint replacement (TJR, either hip (H) or knee (K)). Worsening of pain and joint space narrowing are believed to be surrogates for joint failure; however, we hypothesize that TJR, as a reflection of joint failure, can be used as an en…
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A dual amylin and calcitonin receptor agonist inhibits pain behavior and reduces cartilage pathology in an osteoarthritis rat model
OBJECTIVES:
Pain and disability are the main clinical manifestations of osteoarthritis, for which only symptomatic therapies are available. Hence, there is a need for therapies that can simultaneously alter disease progression and provide pain relief. KBP is a dual amylin- and calcitonin-receptor a…
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Authors:
- Katri A,
- Dabrowska A,
- Lövfall H,
- Karsdal MA,
- Andreassen KV,
- Thudium CS,
- Henriksen K,
Molecular taxonomy of osteoarthritis for patient stratification, disease management and drug development
PURPOSE OF REVIEW:
This review focuses on the molecular taxonomy of osteoarthritis from the perspective of molecular biomarkers. We discuss how wet biochemical markers may be used to understand disease pathogenesis and progression and define molecular endotypes of osteoarthritis and how these corre…
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Authors:
- mobasheri A,
- Van Spil WE,
- Budd E,
- Uzieliene I,
- Bernotiene E,
- Bay-Jensen AC,
- Larkin J,
- Levesque MC,
- Gualillo O,
- Henrotin Y,
Potential diagnostic value of a type X collagen neo-epitope biomarker for knee osteoarthritis.
OBJECTIVE:
Phenotypic changes of chondrocytes toward hypertrophy might be fundamental in the pathogenesis of OA, of which type X collagen (Col10) is a well-known marker. The purpose was to develop a specific immunoassay for blood quantification of a newly identified neo-epitope of type X collagen t…
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Authors:
- He Y,
- Manon-Jensen T,
- Arendt-Nielsen L,
- Petersen KK,
- Christiansen T,
- Samuels J,
- Abramson S,
- Karsdal MA,
- Attur M,
- Bay-Jensen AC,