Mechanosignalling in cartilage: an emerging target for the treatment of osteoarthritis

T Hodgkinson, DC Kelly, CM Curtin… - Nature Reviews …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Mechanical stimuli have fundamental roles in articular cartilage during health and disease.
Chondrocytes respond to the physical properties of the cartilage extracellular matrix (ECM) …

Biomaterials for articular cartilage tissue engineering: Learning from biology

AR Armiento, MJ Stoddart, M Alini, D Eglin - Acta biomaterialia, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Articular cartilage is commonly described as a tissue that is made of up to 80% water, is
devoid of blood vessels, nerves, and lymphatics, and is populated by only one cell type, the …

Osteoarthritis as a disease of the cartilage pericellular matrix

F Guilak, RJ Nims, A Dicks, CL Wu, I Meulenbelt - Matrix Biology, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Osteoarthritis is a painful joint disease characterized by progressive degeneration of the
articular cartilage as well as associated changes to the subchondral bone, synovium, and …

Cartilage-related collagens in osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis: from pathogenesis to therapeutics

Z Ouyang, L Dong, F Yao, K Wang, Y Chen… - International Journal of …, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Collagens serve essential mechanical functions throughout the body, particularly in the
connective tissues. In articular cartilage, collagens provide most of the biomechanical …

TRPV4-mediated mechanotransduction regulates the metabolic response of chondrocytes to dynamic loading

CJ O'conor, HA Leddy, HC Benefield… - Proceedings of the …, 2014‏ - pnas.org
Mechanical loading of joints plays a critical role in maintaining the health and function of
articular cartilage. The mechanism (s) of chondrocyte mechanotransduction are not fully …

Biomechanical factors in osteoarthritis

F Guilak - Best practice & research Clinical rheumatology, 2011‏ - Elsevier
Biomechanical factors play an important role in the health of diarthrodial joints. Altered joint
loading–associated to obesity, malalignment, trauma or joint instability–is a critical risk factor …

[HTML][HTML] The structure and function of the pericellular matrix of articular cartilage

RE Wilusz, J Sanchez-Adams, F Guilak - Matrix biology, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Chondrocytes in articular cartilage are surrounded by a narrow pericellular matrix (PCM)
that is both biochemically and biomechanically distinct from the extracellular matrix (ECM) of …

Direct measurement of TRPV4 and PIEZO1 activity reveals multiple mechanotransduction pathways in chondrocytes

M Rocio Servin-Vences, M Moroni, GR Lewin, K Poole - elife, 2017‏ - elifesciences.org
The joints of mammals are lined with cartilage, comprised of individual chondrocytes
embedded in a specialized extracellular matrix. Chondrocytes experience a complex …

Biomechanics of chondrocytes and chondrons in healthy conditions and osteoarthritis: A review of the mechanical characterisations at the microscale

S Pettenuzzo, A Arduino, E Belluzzi, A Pozzuoli… - Biomedicines, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Biomechanical studies are expanding across a variety of fields, from biomedicine to
biomedical engineering. From the molecular to the system level, mechanical stimuli are …

The ECM‐cell interaction of cartilage extracellular matrix on chondrocytes

Y Gao, S Liu, J Huang, W Guo, J Chen… - BioMed research …, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
Cartilage extracellular matrix (ECM) is composed primarily of the network type II collagen
(COLII) and an interlocking mesh of fibrous proteins and proteoglycans (PGs), hyaluronic …