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ReviewExploration (Beijing, China)2023

The potential role of synovial cells in the progression and treatment of osteoarthritis.

Zaijun Zou, Han Li, Kai Yu, Ke Ma, Qiguang Wang, Junnan Tang, Guozhen Liu, Khoon Lim, Gary Hooper, Tim Woodfield and 3 more

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Review in Exploration (Beijing, China), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers.

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43citing papers in PubMed
19.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

43 citing papers in PubMed, 77 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Zaijun ZouDepartment of Sports Medicine The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University Dalian Liaoning China.
Han LiDepartment of Sports Medicine The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University Dalian Liaoning China.
Kai YuDepartment of Bone and Joint Central Hospital of Zhuang He City Dalian Liaoning China.
Ke MaDepartment of Clinical Medicine China Medical University Shenyang Liaoning China.
Qiguang WangNational Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials Sichuan University Chengdu Sichuan China.
Junnan TangDepartment of Cardiology The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University Zhengzhou Henan China.
Guozhen LiuSchool of Medicine The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen) Shenzhen Guangdong China.
Khoon LimChristchurch Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering Group (CReaTE) Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Musculoskeletal Medicine University of Otago Christchurch New Zealand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2486-196X
Gary HooperChristchurch Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering Group (CReaTE) Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Musculoskeletal Medicine University of Otago Christchurch New Zealand.
Tim WoodfieldChristchurch Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering Group (CReaTE) Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Musculoskeletal Medicine University of Otago Christchurch New Zealand.
Xiaolin CuiDepartment of Sports Medicine The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University Dalian Liaoning China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5118-0169
Weiguo ZhangDepartment of Sports Medicine The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University Dalian Liaoning China.
Kang TianDepartment of Sports Medicine The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University Dalian Liaoning China.
Dalian Medical University · CNUniversity of Otago · NZChina Medical University · CNChinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University · CNSichuan University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Osteoarthritis (OA), the commonest arthritis, is characterized by the progressive destruction of cartilage, leading to disability. The Current early clinical treatment strategy for OA often centers on anti-inflammatory or analgesia medication, weight loss, improved muscular function and articular cartilage repair. Although these treatments can relieve symptoms, OA tends to be progressive, and most patients require arthroplasty at the terminal stages of OA. Recent studies have shown a close correlation between joint pain, inflammation, cartilage destruction and synovial cells. Consequently, understanding the potential mechanisms associated with the action of synovial cells in OA could be beneficial for the clinical management of OA. Therefore, this review comprehensively describes the biological functions of synovial cells, the synovium, together with the pathological changes of synovial cells in OA, and the interaction between the cartilage and synovium, which is lacking in the present literature. Additionally, therapeutic approaches based on synovial cells for OA treatment are further discussed from a clinical perspective, highlighting a new direction in the treatment of OA.

Indexed as

cartilageinflammationosteoarthritissynovial cellssynoviumtreatment

Identifiers

PMID37933282
PMCPMC10582617
OpenAlexW4383955268

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