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2019 Jul 19


BMC Musculoskelet Disord


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Intraarticular injection of processed lipoaspirate cells has anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects but does not improve degenerative changes in murine monoiodoacetate-induced osteoarthritis.

Authors

Sakamoto T, Miyazaki T, Watanabe S, Takahashi A, Honjoh K, Nakajima H, Oki H, Kokubo Y, Matsumine A
BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2019 Jul 19; 20(1):335.
PMID: 31324245.

Abstract

Previous basic research and clinical studies examined the effects of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) on regeneration and maintenance of articular cartilage. However, our pilot study suggested that MSCs are more effective at suppressing inflammation and pain rather than promoting cartilage regeneration in osteoarthritis. Adipose tissue is considered a useful source of MSCs; it can be harvested easily in larger quantities compared with the bone marrow. The present study was designed to evaluate the anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and regenerative effects of intra-articularly injected processed lipoaspirate (PLA) cells (containing adipose-derived MSCs) on degenerative cartilage in a rat osteoarthritis model.