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ArticleAging cell2024

Network-based cytokine inference implicates Oncostatin M as a driver of an inflammation phenotype in knee osteoarthritis.

Hirotaka Iijima, Fan Zhang, Fabrisia Ambrosio, Yusuke Matsui

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Article in Aging cell, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Sexual Dimorphism in Clinical Manifestations of Knee Osteoarthritis.Medicine and science in sports and exercise · 2026
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  6. The Age-dependent Influence of the Infrapatellar Fat Pad on Chondrocyte Extracellular Matrix Production.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Hirotaka IijimaDiscovery Center for Musculoskeletal Recovery, Schoen Adams Research Institute at Spaulding, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5504-1502
Fan ZhangDepartment of Medicine Division of Rheumatology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
Fabrisia AmbrosioDiscovery Center for Musculoskeletal Recovery, Schoen Adams Research Institute at Spaulding, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA.
Yusuke MatsuiBiomedical and Health Informatics Unit, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.
Harvard University · USColorado School of Public Health · USTokai Gakuen University · JP

Funding

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 23H03308Tokai Pathways to Global Excellence Project (T-GEx)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inflammatory cytokines released by synovium after trauma disturb the gene regulatory network and have been implicated in the pathophysiology of osteoarthritis. A mechanistic understanding of how aging perturbs this process can help identify novel interventions. Here, we introduced network paradigms to simulate cytokine-mediated pathological communication between the synovium and cartilage. Cartilage-specific network analysis of injured young and aged murine knees revealed aberrant matrix remodeling as a transcriptomic response unique to aged knees displaying accelerated cartilage degradation. Next, network-based cytokine inference with pharmacological manipulation uncovered IL6 family member, Oncostatin M (OSM), as a driver of the aberrant matrix remodeling. By implementing a phenotypic drug discovery approach, we identified that the activation of OSM recapitulated an "inflammatory" phenotype of knee osteoarthritis and highlighted high-value targets for drug development and repurposing. These findings offer translational opportunities targeting the inflammation-driven osteoarthritis phenotype.

Indexed as

Osteoarthritis, KneeAnimalsInflammationMiceOncostatin MPhenotypeOncostatin Magingcartilage-specific networkcytokine inferencematrix remodelingnetwork propagationOncostatin Mosteoarthritis

Identifiers

PMID38111237
PMCPMC10861212
OpenAlexW4389958412

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