Roles and Mechanisms of Irisin in Attenuating Pathological Features of Osteoarthritis
Li X, Zhu X, Wu H, Van Dyke T, Xu X, Morgan E, Fu W, Liu C, Tu Q, Huang D, Chen J. Roles and Mechanisms of Irisin in Attenuating Pathological Features of Osteoarthritis. Frontiers In Cell And Developmental Biology 2021, 9: 703670. PMID: 34650969, PMCID: PMC8509718, DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.703670.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMechanisms of irisinOA progressionKI miceKO miceOA mouse modelIntra-articular injectionNovel therapeutic targetPrimary chondrocytesPathological tissue samplesInflammatory factorsOA pathogenesisPathological featuresIntraarticular injectionInflammatory conditionsOA tissuesOsteoarthritis pathophysiologySevere OAIrisinJoint tissuesMouse modelCartilage degradationKnockout miceTherapeutic targetCartilage developmentTherapeutic potential