Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2013, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (37): 6671-6675.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2013.37.021

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Expression of cytokines in the degenerative cartilages and synovial tissues of osteoarthritis patients

Zhang Yan-hui, Gao Chun-yang, Li Shao-hua   

  1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Hongqi Hospital of Mudanjiang Medical University, Mudanjiang  157011, Heilongjiang Province, China
  • Received:2013-03-08 Revised:2013-07-25 Online:2013-09-10 Published:2013-09-10
  • Contact: Gao Chun-yang, M.D., Chief physician, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Hongqi Hospital of Mudanjiang Medical University, Mudanjiang 157011, Heilongjiang Province, China www.gchy1969@163.com
  • About author:Zhang Yan-hui★, Master, Attending physician, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Hongqi Hospital of Mudanjiang Medical University, Mudanjiang 157011, Heilongjiang Province, China yanhui_zhang1980@sina.com
  • Supported by:

    Scientific Project of Heilongjiang Provincial Department of Education, No.12511583*

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: The inflammation of osteoarthritis is mediated by chondrocytes and the synovial tissue-secreted cytokines. Articular cartilage and synovial tissue contains a variety of cytokines, which play important regulatory role in the repair of articular cartilage injury.
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the relationship between chondrocytes, synovial tissue-secreted cytokines and osteoarthritis, as well as the effect of chondrocytes and synovial tissue-secreted cytokines on osteoarthritis.
METHODS: A computer-based search was conducted in Wanfang database (www.wanfangdata.com.cn), PubMed database (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.guv/pubmed) by the first author from 2005 to 2010. The key words were “osteoarthritis, degeneration, cartilage tissue, cytokines”. A total of 146 articles were obtained through computer search, then reading the titles and abstracts for initial screen, 86 articles with the unrelated research purposes were eliminated, 40 articles with the repetitive content were excluded, and finally 21 articles related to the effect of various cytokines 
in the degenerative cartilage and synovial tissue of the osteoarthritis patients were included for further analysis.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The cytokines mainly refers to the activated immune cells and some stromal cell-secreted non-specific regulate immune responses and inflammatory responses-mediated small molecule proteins, including lymphokines produced by the lymphocytes, as well as the single nuclear factor and other cytokines produced by monocytes macrophages. Synovial cell-secreted cytokines may partially explain the pathological process of osteoarthritis and play an important role in joint inflammation. Although, more and more scholars have pay attention to the effect of synovial cells and cartilage cell-secreted cytokines, but mainly studies the effect of exogenous cytokines on chondrocytes or synovial cells, and the effect of endogenous cytokines in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis has not been extensively studied.

Key words: osteoarthritis, cartilage, articular, synovial membrane, cytokines, interleukins

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