Interleukin-6 is elevated in synovial fluid of patients with focal cartilage defects and stimulates cartilage matrix production in an in vitro regeneration model

INTRODUCTION: This study aimed to determine whether, as in osteoarthritis, increased levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6) are present in the synovial fluid of patients with symptomatic cartilage defects and whether this IL-6 affects cartilage regeneration as well as the cartilage in the degenerated knee....

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Autores principales: Tsuchida, Anika I, Beekhuizen, Michiel, Rutgers, Marijn, van Osch, Gerjo JVM, Bekkers, Joris EJ, Bot, Arjan GJ, Geurts, Bernd, Dhert, Wouter JA, Saris, Daniel BF, Creemers, Laura B
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3674617/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23206933
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/ar4107

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