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JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGIC PATHOLOGY
卷 24, 期 2, 页码 137-142出版社
JAPANESE SOC TOXICOLOGIC PATHOLOGY
DOI: 10.1293/tox.24.137
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Osteoarthritis; Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF); Immunohistochemistry; Medial meniscectomy; Monoiodoacetate (MIA)
Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its receptors have recently reported to be expressed in human osteoarthritis (OA), suggesting that VEGF could be implicated in the pathogenesis of this disease. In the present study, expression of VEGF in the articular cartilage was determined in three different OA models: medial meniscectomy and monoiodoacetate (MIA) injection in rats and age-associated spontaneous joint cartilage destruction in guinea pigs. VEGF was detected by immunohistochemical analysis in the regenerative and hypertrophic chondrocytes, perichondrium and osteophyte areas and chondrocyte clones. Stain intensity of VEGF immunoreactivity increased simultaneously with the degree of cartilage destruction and reparation. These results suggest that VEGF is a key factor in the articular cartilage in human OA and animal OA models. (DOI: 10.1293/tox.24.137; J Toxicol Pathol 2011; 24: 137-142)
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