Senescent cell population with ZEB1 transcription factor as its main regulator promotes osteoarthritis in cartilage and meniscus.
Hannah SwahnKun LiTomas DuffyMerissa OlmerDarryl D D'LimaTony S MondalaPadmaja NatarajanSteven R HeadMartin K LotzPublished in: Annals of the rheumatic diseases (2022)
These single-cell studies identified a senescent pathogenic cell cluster that is present in cartilage and meniscus and has FAP and ZEB1 as main regulators which are novel and promising therapeutic targets for OA-associated pathways in both tissues.