Recommendations For a Standardized Approach to Histopathologic Evaluation of Synovial Membrane in Murine Models of Experimental Osteoarthritis.
Alia M ObeidatSung Yeon KimKevin G BurtBaofeng HuJun LiShingo IshiharaRui XiaoRachel E MillerChristopher B LittleAnne-Marie MalfaitCarla R ScanzelloPublished in: bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology (2023)
To allow for a standard evaluation that can be implemented and compared across labs and studies, we recommend using 3 readers to evaluate a minimum set of 3 pathological features at standardized anatomic areas. Pre-defining areas to be scored, and reliability for each pathologic feature should be considered.