Osteoporosis
May 16, 2022
Proximal junctional failure (PJF) is a well-known complication after long-segment (at least 4 vertebral levels) instrumented fusion. The etiologies of PJF include degenerative processes or are fractur...
May 16, 2022
Emerging studies have shown that immune response to biomaterial implants plays a central role in bone healing. Ipriflavone is clinically used for osteoporosis. However, the mechanism of ipriflavone in...
May 09, 2022
Polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) supplementation has been reported to improve disease activity in inflammatory rheumatic diseases (IRDs). However, data are often conflicting and studies insufficientl...
May 09, 2022
Patients with osteoporosis often take oral bisphosphonates with food, rendering these medications ineffective. This study compared the relative absorption of four formulations of gastro-resistant (GR;...
May 02, 2022
Autoinflammatory diseases (AIDs) are disorders with an inborn error of innate immunity, characterized by recurrent episodes of fever and inflammatory attacks. The spectrum of AIDs is expanding, but th...
Apr 25, 2022
Tofacitinib is an oral Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor that has been marketed and approved in the USA for the clinical treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis and other inflammatory and autoimmune d...
Apr 18, 2022
In recent years, transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE) using imipenem/cilastatin (IPM/CS) has attracted attention as a treatment for relieving osteoarthritis (OA) pain. However, IPM/CS is not appr...
Apr 18, 2022
Radix Clematidis (RC) is the roots and rhizomes of Clematis chinensis Osbeck, which has potent effects for expelling wind and dispelling dampness. Processing RC with yellow wine is a traditional proce...
Apr 11, 2022
Sinomenine (SIN) is an anti-inflammatory drug that has been used for decades in China to treat arthritis. In a previous study, SIN acted on α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (α7nAChR) to inhibit i...
Apr 11, 2022
Osteoblasts are derived from Bone Marrow-derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells (BM-MSCs), which play an indispensable role in bone formation. In this study, the authors aim to investigate the role of IRF4 in...
Apr 04, 2022
Marine pollution is one of the most underlooked forms of pollution as it affects most aquatic lives and public health in the coastal area. The diverse form of the hazardous pollutant in the marine eco...
Mar 28, 2022
A treat-to-target strategy is recommended for management of psoriatic arthritis (PsA), although there is lack of agreement regarding the best measure of disease activity to target. Physician assessmen...
Mar 21, 2022
Fibular response to disuse has been described in cross-sectional but not longitudinal studies. This study assessed fibular bone changes in people with spinal cord injury. Fibular bone loss was less th...
Mar 14, 2022
Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are a series of RNA molecules without ability to code proteins. LncRNAs have emerged as significant players in almost all aspects of gene function and regulation and play...
Mar 14, 2022
Previous high tibial osteotomy (HTO), and tibial plateau fractures (TPF) may cause problems in subsequent total knee arthroplasty (TKA) due to altered metaphyseal bone structure. Higher rates of loose...
Mar 07, 2022
Overexpression of thioredoxin reductase (TrxR) has been linked to tumorigenesis and phenotypic maintenance of malignant tumors. Thus, targeting TrxR with natural molecules is a promising strategy for ...
Mar 07, 2022
Muscle capacity utilization reflects the percentage of maximal knee extensor strength required to complete physical activities.Is pain associated with muscle capacity utilization during walking in old...
Feb 28, 2022
For patients with flexion instability, there is a paucity of literature on the effectiveness of nonoperative management, and series on revision TKAs are limited. The purpose of this study was to evalu...
Feb 28, 2022
To explore the metabolic mechanism of differential plasma interleukin (IL)-6 expression in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). A total of 240 RA patients were enrolled in the non-target metabolom...
Feb 21, 2022
In search of potent and new anti-inflammatory agents, we explored a new class of isocoumarin derivatives possessing the 3-oxoalkyl moiety at C-4 position. These compounds were synthesized via the FeCl...