The emerging role of endothelin-1 in the pathogenesis of subchondral bone disturbance and osteoarthritis

Summary Mounting evidence suggests reconceptualizing osteoarthritis (OA) as an inflammatory disorder. Trauma and obesity, the common risk factors of OA, could trigger the local or systemic inflammatory cytokines cascade. Inflammatory bone loss has been well documented; yet it remains largely unknown...

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