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A Microarray Study of Articular Cartilage in Relation to Obesity and Severity of Knee Osteoarthritis.

Muhammad Farooq RaiLinda J SandellToby N BarrackLei CaiEric D TycksenSimon Y TangMatthew J SilvaRobert L Barrack
Published in: Cartilage (2018)
Our findings support molecular differences between medial and lateral compartments reflective of the greater severity of OA in the medial compartment. The K-L system better reflected the molecular results than did the Outerbridge. Moreover, the molecular effect of obesity was different between the medial and lateral compartments of the same knee plausibly reflecting the molecular effects of differential biomechanical loading.
Keyphrases
  • knee osteoarthritis
  • metabolic syndrome
  • insulin resistance
  • type diabetes
  • weight loss
  • total knee arthroplasty
  • weight gain
  • skeletal muscle