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ReviewFrontiers in endocrinology2025

Association of organs-crosstalk with the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis: cartilage as a key player.

Yingda Qin, Jingkai Di, Zijian Guo, Shuai Chen, Chuan Xiang

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Review in Frontiers in endocrinology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Yingda Qin *Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China.
Jingkai Di *Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China.
Zijian Guo *Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China.
Shuai ChenSecond Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China.
Chuan XiangSecond Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Degeneration of articular cartilage is the hallmark pathologic change in osteoarthritis (OA). Cartilage not only serves as a shock-absorbing structure for movement but is also regulated by organs other than bone, while chondrocytes secrete cytokines that influence these organs. The concept of organ axis refers to the regulatory pathways formed between organs via cytokine signaling. The communication network established between cartilage and other organs constitutes the cartilage-organ axis. Through this axis, these organs regulate articular chondrocyte proliferation and apoptosis. It is evident that chondrocytes play a central role in connecting various organs to the progression of OA, prompting interest in strategies to intervene in cartilage damage by modulating the organ axis. This review presents, for the first time, a system summarizing the effects of the extraosseous system on cartilage through various factors that alter OA progression. The aim is to fully elucidate the effects of different organs on cartilage, thus providing insights into the treatment of OA and systemic diseases.

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Cartilage, ArticularChondrocytesOsteoarthritisAnimalsCytokinesDisease ProgressionHumansSignal TransductionCytokinescartilagechondrocyteorgans-crosstalkosteoarthritistherapeutic strategy

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PMID40538811
PMCPMC12176559

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