Cartilage tissue engineering for obesity-induced osteoarthritis: Physiology, challenges, and future prospects

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a multifactorial joint disease with pathological changes that affect whole joint tissue. Obesity is acknowledged as the most influential risk factor for both the initiation and progression of OA in weight-bearing and non-weight-bearing joints. Obesity-induced OA is a newly def...

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Main Authors: Antonia RuJia Sun, Anjaneyulu Udduttula, Jian Li, Yanzhi Liu, Pei-Gen Ren, Peng Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-01-01
Series:Journal of Orthopaedic Translation
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214031X20300905