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Comparative Analysis of Bone Structural Parameters Reveals Subchondral Cortical Plate Resorption and Increased Trabecular Bone Remodeling in Human Facet Joint Osteoarthritis

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العنوان: Comparative Analysis of Bone Structural Parameters Reveals Subchondral Cortical Plate Resorption and Increased Trabecular Bone Remodeling in Human Facet Joint Osteoarthritis
المؤلفون: Cordula Netzer, Pascal Distel, Uwe Wolfram, Hans Deyhle, Gregory Jost, Stefan Schären, Jeroen Geurts
المصدر: International Journal of Molecular Sciences; Volume 19; Issue 3; Pages: 845
بيانات النشر: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
سنة النشر: 2018
المجموعة: MDPI Open Access Publishing
مصطلحات موضوعية: osteoarthritis, lumbar spine, facet joint, subchondral bone, computed tomography
جغرافية الموضوع: agris
الوصف: Facet joint osteoarthritis is a prominent feature of degenerative spine disorders, highly prevalent in ageing populations, and considered a major cause for chronic lower back pain. Since there is no targeted pharmacological therapy, clinical management of disease includes analgesic or surgical treatment. The specific cellular, molecular, and structural changes underpinning facet joint osteoarthritis remain largely elusive. The aim of this study was to determine osteoarthritis-related structural alterations in cortical and trabecular subchondral bone compartments. To this end, we conducted comparative micro computed tomography analysis in healthy (n = 15) and osteoarthritic (n = 22) lumbar facet joints. In osteoarthritic joints, subchondral cortical plate thickness and porosity were significantly reduced. The trabecular compartment displayed a 42 percent increase in bone volume fraction due to an increase in trabecular number, but not trabecular thickness. Bone structural alterations were associated with radiological osteoarthritis severity, mildly age-dependent but not gender-dependent. There was a lack of association between structural parameters of cortical and trabecular compartments in healthy and osteoarthritic specimens. The specific structural alterations suggest elevated subchondral bone resorption and turnover as a potential treatment target in facet joint osteoarthritis.
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اللغة: English
Relation: Molecular Pathology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics; https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms19030845
DOI: 10.3390/ijms19030845
الاتاحة: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms19030845
Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.EF5437DC
قاعدة البيانات: BASE