The Effects of Adipokines on Cartilage and Meniscus Catabolism

Visfatin: A Potential Therapeutic Target for Rheumatoid Arthritis

(2013) JP Bao et al.   JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH

Correlation of Plasma and Synovial Fluid Adiponectin with Knee Osteoarthritis Severity

(2011) Sittisak Honsawek et al.   ARCHIVES OF MEDICAL RESEARCH

The synovial fluid adiponectin-leptin ratio predicts pain with knee osteoarthritis

(2010) Rajiv Gandhi et al.   CLINICAL RHEUMATOLOGY

Interleukin-6 and soluble interleukin-6 receptors in the synovial fluids from rheumatoid arthritis patients are responsible for osteoclast-like cell formation

(2010) Shigeru Kotake et al.   JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH

Dynamic loading enhances integrative meniscal repair in the presence of interleukin-1

(2010) A.L. McNulty et al.   OSTEOARTHRITIS AND CARTILAGE

Circulating levels of IL-6 and TNF-α are associated with knee radiographic osteoarthritis and knee cartilage loss in older adults

(2010) O. Stannus et al.   OSTEOARTHRITIS AND CARTILAGE

Diet-induced obesity differentially regulates behavioral, biomechanical, and molecular risk factors for osteoarthritis in mice

(2010) Timothy M Griffin et al.   ARTHRITIS RESEARCH & THERAPY

Obesity affects the chondrocyte responsiveness to leptin in patients with osteoarthritis

(2010) Stéphane Pallu et al.   ARTHRITIS RESEARCH & THERAPY

Extreme obesity due to impaired leptin signaling in mice does not cause knee osteoarthritis

(2009) Timothy M. Griffin et al.   ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM

Adipocytokines are associated with radiographic joint damage in rheumatoid arthritis

(2009) Young Hee Rho et al.   ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM

The infrapatellar fat pad in knee osteoarthritis: An important source of interleukin-6 and its soluble receptor

(2009) Emilie Distel et al.   ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM

Mechanical injury potentiates proteoglycan catabolism induced by interleukin-6 with soluble interleukin-6 receptor and tumor necrosis factor α in immature bovine and adult human articular cartilage

(2009) Yihong Sui et al.   ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM

Interleukin-6 is a significant predictor of radiographic knee osteoarthritis: The Chingford study

(2009) Gregory Livshits et al.   ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM

Interleukin-6 as a key player in systemic inflammation and joint destruction

(2009) J.E. Fonseca et al.   AUTOIMMUNITY REVIEWS

Correlation of synovial fluid leptin concentrations with the severity of osteoarthritis

(2009) Jung Hoei Ku et al.   CLINICAL RHEUMATOLOGY

Leptin Enhances Synthesis of Proinflammatory Mediators in Human Osteoarthritic Cartilage—Mediator Role of NO in Leptin-InducedPGE2, IL-6, and IL-8 Production

(2009) Katriina Vuolteenaho et al.   MEDIATORS OF INFLAMMATION

Adipose tissue as an endocrine organ

(2009) Sandra Galic et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY

Leptin plays a catabolic role on articular cartilage

(2009) Jia-peng Bao et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTS

Crucial role of visfatin/pre–B cell colony-enhancing factor in matrix degradation and prostaglandin E2 synthesis in chondrocytes: Possible influence on osteoarthritis

(2008) Marjolaine Gosset et al.   ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM

Obesity and osteoarthritis in knee, hip and/or hand: An epidemiological study in the general population with 10 years follow-up

(2008) Margreth Grotle et al.   BMC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS

Inhibition of Matrix Metalloproteinases Enhances In Vitro Repair of the Meniscus

(2008) Amy L. McNulty et al.   CLINICAL ORTHOPAEDICS AND RELATED RESEARCH

Radial tears in the root of the posterior horn of the medial meniscus

(2008) Gurkan Ozkoc et al.   KNEE SURGERY SPORTS TRAUMATOLOGY ARTHROSCOPY

Pharmacological Inhibition of Nicotinamide Phosphoribosyltransferase/Visfatin Enzymatic Activity Identifies a New Inflammatory Pathway Linked to NAD

(2008) Nathalie Busso et al.   PLoS One

Inhibition of integrative repair of the meniscus following acute exposure to interleukin-1 in vitro

(2007) Rebecca E. Wilusz et al.   JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC RESEARCH