The symptoms of osteoarthritis and the genesis of pain

DJ Hunter, JJ McDougall, FJ Keefe - Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North …, 2008 - Elsevier
Symptomatic osteoarthritis (OA) causes substantial physical and psychosocial disability.
This article delineates the characteristic symptoms and signs associated with OA and how …

Osteoarthritis, angiogenesis and inflammation

CS Bonnet, DA Walsh - Rheumatology, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Angiogenesis and inflammation are closely integrated processes in osteoarthritis (OA) and
may affect disease progression and pain. Inflammation can stimulate angiogenesis, and …

Osteoarthritis: joint anatomy, physiology, and pathobiology

SA Johnston - Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal …, 1997 - Elsevier
Osteoarthritis can be defined as a disorder of movable joints characterized by deterioration
of articular cartilage, osteophyte formation and bone remodeling, changes in periarticular …

Psychophysical and functional imaging evidence supporting the presence of central sensitization in a cohort of osteoarthritis patients

SE Gwilym, JR Keltner, CE Warnaby… - Arthritis Care & …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The groin pain experienced by patients with hip osteoarthritis (OA) is often
accompanied by areas of referred pain and changes in skin sensitivity. We aimed to identify …

Regulation of macrophage activation

J Ma, T Chen, J Mandelin, A Ceponis, NE Miller… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2003 - Springer
IFN-γ rapidly primes the macrophage via JAK1/2-STAT1 pathway so that it can subsequently
undergo a slower classical type 1 activation upon exposure to T helper (Th) 1 cytokines such …

Neuroendocrine-immune system interactions and autoimmunity

RL Wilder - Annual review of immunology, 1995 - annualreviews.org
The concept of an integrated bidirectionally regulated neuroendocrine-immune adaptive
response to stress has strong experimental support. The quality and inн tensity of this …

Central sensitization in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic literature review

M Meeus, S Vervisch, LS De Clerck, G Moorkens… - Seminars in arthritis and …, 2012 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: The goal of the present study is to systematically review the scientific literature
addressing central sensitization and central nociceptive processing in patients with …

The role of the sympathetic nervous system in intestinal inflammation

RH Straub, R Wiest, UG Strauch, P Härle… - Gut, 2006 - gut.bmj.com
The nervous system in the intestine controls motility, secretion, sensory perception, and
immune function. Peptidergic neurones with neurotransmitters such as substance P and …

Catecholamines are synthesized by mouse lymphocytes and regulate function of these cells by induction of apoptosis

E Josefsson, J Bergquist, R Ekman, A Tarkowski - Immunology, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
The immune and the nervous systems are anatomically closely related and interact with
each other by molecules common to both systems, such as cytokines and neurotransmitters …

Involvement of the hypothalamic--pituitary--adrenal/gonadal axis and the peripheral nervous system in rheumatoid arthritis: viewpoint based on a systemic …

RH Straub, M Cutolo - Arthritis and rheumatism, 2001 - europepmc.org
From the compendium presented above, the following statements become evident: 1)
Inappropriately low secretion of cortisol in relation to inflammation is a typical feature of the …