Toll-like receptors and their soluble forms differ in the knee and thumb basal osteoarthritic joints

Background and purpose — Although the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis (OA) is not well understood, chondrocyte-mediated inflammatory responses (triggered by the activation of innate immune receptors by damage-associated molecules) are thought to be involved. We examined the relationship between Toll-...

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Main Authors: Goncalo Barreto, Jerker Sandelin, Abdelhakim Salem, Dan C Nordström, Eero Waris
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-05-01
Series:Acta Orthopaedica
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17453674.2017.1281058