Year in Review: Biomarkers
Year in Review: BIOMARKERS in OA
Francisco J Blanco, MD, PhD
Servicio de Reumatologia
INIBIC-Hospital Universitario A Coruña.
A Coruña. Spain.
Annual Conference
Inflammation and OA
Who Should Go for Joint Replacements
Dick Heinegaard Honorary Lecture: Proteonomics and Biomarkers in OA
Why We Need to Address the Burden of Osteoarthritis
Degenerative Meniscal Tears: Should They be Treated
miRNA and Chondrocyte Function
MicroRNA Function in Cartilage
Masato SATO, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Surgical Science,
Tokai University school of Medicine
Brain Networks and Chronic Pain
Superficial Zone Cartilage and OA Development
Studying OA Genetics in Zebrafish
Dr Chrissy Hammond spoke about using zebrafish as an unusual animal model for studying the genetics of osteoarthritis; discussing both its advantages and limitations as a model system joint biology. The major advantages come from the ability to make transgenic lines; to both manipulate gene expression and to express fluorescent reporters. Her lab have made a number of cartilage and bone reporter lines, which in the optically translucent fish allow the dynamic visualisation of individual cells in the context of a functioning joint.