Acute bone loss and infrapatellar fat pad fibrosis in the knee after an in vivo ACL injury in adolescent mice

T Ahn, BE Loflin, NB Nguyen… - … American Journal of …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Young patients are 6 times more likely than adults to have a primary anterior
cruciate ligament (ACL) graft failure. Biological factors (ie, tunnel osteolysis) may account for …

[HTML][HTML] Imaging mass cytometry reveals tissue-specific cellular immune phenotypes in the mouse knee following ACL injury

SM South, MC Marlin, P Mehta-D'souza… - … and Cartilage Open, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective To develop an imaging mass cytometry method for identifying complex cell
phenotypes, inter-cellular interactions, and population changes in the synovium and …

[HTML][HTML] Infrapatellar fat pad abnormalities are associated with a higher inflammatory synovial fluid cytokine profile in young adults following ACL tear

U Heilmeier, K Mamoto, K Amano, B Eck… - Osteoarthritis and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective To evaluate the degree of knee fat pad abnormalities after acute anterior cruciate
ligament (ACL) tear via magnetic resonance fat pad scoring and to assess cross-sectionally …

[HTML][HTML] Articular cartilage degeneration following anterior cruciate ligament injury: a comparison of surgical transection and noninvasive rupture as preclinical models …

T Maerz, MD Newton, MD Kurdziel, P Altman… - Osteoarthritis and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective Post-traumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA) is commonly studied using animal models.
Surgical ACL transection is an established model, but noninvasive models may mimic …

The infrapatellar fat pad is affected by injury induced inflammation in the rabbit knee: use of dexamethasone to mitigate damage

BJ Heard, NM Solbak, M Chung, Y Achari… - Inflammation …, 2016 - Springer
Objective and design The health of the infrapatellar fat pad (IFP) has been linked to pain,
joint inflammation, and the onset of post-traumatic osteoarthritis. Thus, early inflammation …

Joint loads resulting in ACL rupture: effects of age, sex, and body mass on injury load and mode of failure in a mouse model

CL Blaker, CB Little, EC Clarke - Journal of Orthopaedic …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears are a common knee injury with a known but poorly
understood association with secondary joint injuries and post‐traumatic osteoarthritis (OA) …

Assessment of cortical and trabecular bone changes in two models of post‐traumatic osteoarthritis

HM Pauly, BE Larson, GA Coatney… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Subchondral bone is thought to play a significant role in the initiation and progression of the
post‐traumatic osteoarthritis. The goal of this study was to document changes in tibial and …

Long-term effect of a single subcritical knee injury: increasing the risk of anterior cruciate ligament rupture and osteoarthritis

CL Blaker, S Zaki, CB Little… - The American Journal of …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is a well-known risk factor for
the development of posttraumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA), but patients with the “same injury” …

Characterization of post‐traumatic osteoarthritis in rats following anterior cruciate ligament rupture by non‐invasive knee injury (NIKI)

SB Brown, JA Hornyak, RR Jungels… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Small animal models are essential for studying anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury, one
of the leading risk factors for post‐traumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA). Non‐surgical models of …

Joint instability and cartilage compression in a mouse model of posttraumatic osteoarthritis

TS Onur, R Wu, S Chu, W Chang… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Joint instability and cartilage trauma have been previously studied and identified as key
mediators in the development of posttraumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA). The purpose of this …