Cartilage

Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation on Tibial Cartilage Volume and Knee Pain Among Patients With Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis

A Randomized Clinical Trial Xingzhong Jin, MD JAMA March 8, 2016, Vol 315, No. 10 Importance  Observational studies suggest that vitamin D supplementation is associated with benefits for knee osteoarthritis, but current trial evidence is contradictory. Objective  To compare the effects of vitamin D supplementation vs placebo on knee pain and knee cartilage volume in […]

A pharmacoproteomic study confirms the synergistic effect of chondroitin sulfate and glucosamine

Calamia V, et al.  Journal Sci Rep. 2014 Jun 10;4:5069. doi: 10.1038/srep05069. Affiliation Abstract Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common age-related rheumatic disease. Chondrocytes play a primary role in mediating cartilage destruction and extracellular matrix (ECM) breakdown, which are main features of the OA joint. Quantitative proteomics technologies are demonstrating a very interesting power for studying […]