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van der Harst, M.R. (author), Brama, P.A.J. (author), van de Lest, C.H.A. (author), Kiers, G.H. (author), de Groot, J. (author), van Weeren, P.R. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)Objective: In articular joints, the forces generated by locomotion are absorbed by the whole of cartilage, subchondral bone and underlying trabecular bone. The objective of this study is to test the hypothesis that regional differences in joint loading are related to clear and interrelated differences in the composition of the extracellular...article 2004
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Day, J.S. (author), van der Linden, J.C. (author), Bank, R.A. (author), Ding, M. (author), Hvid, I. (author), Sumner, D.R. (author), Weinans, H. (author), TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author)Osteoarthritis is a chronic joint disease with pathological changes in the articulating cartilage and all other tissues that occupy the joint. Radin and coworkers have suggested the involvement of subchondral bone in the disease process. However, evidence for an essential role in the etiology has never been proven. Recent studies showing reduced...article 2004
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Gaubius Instituut TNO (author), van de Lest, C.H.A. (author), Brama, P.A.J. (author), van El, B. (author), de Groot, J. (author), van Weeren, P.R. (author)Osteochondrosis (OC) is the most important developmental orthopaedic disease in the horse. Despite some decades of research, much of the pathogenesis of the disorder remains obscure. Increasing knowledge of articular cartilage development in juvenile animals led to the presumption that the role of collagen in OC might be more important than...article 2004
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Verzijl, N. (author), Bank, R.A. (author), TeKoppele, J.M. (author), de Groot, J. (author), TNO Preventie en Gezondheid Gaubius instituut TNO (author)Purpose of review: Across the world, osteoarthritis is the most commonly occurring musculoskeletal disease of the elderly, affecting more than 25% of the population older than 60 years of age. By far the single greatest risk factor for the development of osteoarthritis is age, but a mechanism to explain this relation has not yet been identified....article 2003
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van der Laan, W.H. (author), Quax, P.H.A. (author), Seemayer, C.A. (author), Huisman, L.G.M. (author), Pieterman, E.J. (author), Grimbergen, J.M. (author), Verheijen, J.H. (author), Breedveld, F.C. (author), Gay, R.E. (author), Gay, S. (author), Huizinga, T.W.J. (author), Pap, T. (author), Gaubius Instituut TNO (author)Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are believed to be pivotal enzymes in the invasion of articular cartilage by synovial tissue in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Here, we investigated the effects of gene transfer of tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs) on the invasiveness of RA synovial fibroblasts (RASF) in vitro and in vivo. Adenoviral...article 2003
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Bank, R.A. (author), Verzijl, N. (author), Lafeber, F.P.J.G. (author), Tekoppele, J.M. (author), Gaubius instituut TNO TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author)Objective: The collagen network in human articular cartilage experiences a large number of stress cycles during life as it shows hardly any turnover after adolescence. We hypothesized that, to withstand fatigue failure, the physical condition of the collagen network laid down at adolescence is of crucial importance for the age of onset of...article 2002
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Verzijl, N. (author), de Groot, J. (author), Zaken, C.B. (author), Braun-Benjamin, O. (author), Maroudas, A. (author), Bank, R.A. (author), Mizrahi, J. (author), Schalkwijk, C.G. (author), Thorpe, S.R. (author), Baynes, J.W. (author), Bijlsma, J.W.J. (author), Lafeber, F.P.J.G. (author), TeKoppele, J.M. (author), Gaubius Instituut TNO (author)Objective. Age is an important risk factor for osteoarthritis (OA). During aging, nonenzymatic glycation results in the accumulation of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) in cartilage collagen. We studied the effect of AGE crosslinking on the stiffness of the collagen network in human articular cartilage. Methods. To increase AGE levels,...article 2002
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Marijnissen, A.C.A. (author), van Roermund, P.M. (author), TeKoppele, J.M. (author), Bijlsma, J.W.J. (author), Lafeber, F.P.J.G. (author), TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author)Objective: The frequently used anterior cruciate ligament transection (ACLT) model of osteoarthritis (OA) in the dog, makes use of a permanent trigger (joint instability) for inducing degenerative changes. The present study evaluates a canine model of degenerative cartilage damage, mimicking OA, which is induced without making use of permanent...article 2002
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Huebner, J.L. (author), Hanes, M.A. (author), Beekman, B. (author), TeKoppele, J.M. (author), Kraus, V.B. (author), Gaubius Instituut (author)Objective: To evaluate the interaction of bone and cartilage in knee osteoarthritis (OA) pathogenesis in two guinea-pig strains with appreciable differences in bone metabolism. Design: Two guinea-pig strains were evaluated for their susceptibilities to OA using semi-quantitative histological grading of knee joints and quantification of...article 2002
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de Groot, J. (author), Bank, R.A. (author), Tchetverikov, I. (author), Verzijl, N. (author), TeKoppele, J.M. (author), Gaubius Instituut (author)Osteoarthritis is a disabling joint disease that is characterized by the progressive destruction of articular cartilage. Diagnosis is based on clinical symptoms in combination with radiography, which is relatively insensitive and provides only an indication of accumulated damage. Alternative methods, such as molecular markers, are therefore...article 2002
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Brama, P.A.J. (author), TeKoppele, J.M. (author), Bank, R.A. (author), Barneveld, A. (author), van Weeren, P.R. (author), Gaubius instituut TNO (author)Subchondral bone provides structural support to the overlying articular cartilage, and plays an important role in osteochondral diseases. There is growing insight that the mechanical features of bone are related to the biochemistry of the collagen network and the mineral content. In the present study, part of the normal developmental process and...article 2002
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Marijnissen, A.C.A. (author), van Roermund, P.M. (author), Verzijl, N. (author), Tekoppele, J.M. (author), Bijlsma, J.W.J. (author), Lafeber, F.P.J.G. (author), TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author)Objective: Recently we described a canine model of osteoarthritis (OA), the groove model with features of OA at 10 weeks after induction, identical to those seen in the canine anterior cruciate ligament transection (ACLT) model. This new model depends on cartilage damage accompanied by transient intensified loading of the affected joint. The...article 2002
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Brama, P.A.J. (author), Tekoppele, J.M. (author), Bank, R.A. (author), Barneveld, A. (author), van Weeren, P.R. (author), Gaubius Instituut TNO (author)The objective of this study was to document the development of biochemical heterogeneity from birth to maturity in equine articular cartilage, and to test the hypothesis that the amount of exercise during early life may influence this process. Neonatal foals showed no biochemical heterogeneity whatsoever, in contrast to a clear biochemical...article 2002
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Chen, A.C. (author), Temple, M.M. (author), Ng, D.M. (author), Verzijl, N. (author), de Groot, J. (author), TeKoppele, J.M. (author), Sah, R.L. (author)Objective. To determine whether increasing advanced glycation end products (AGEs) in bovine articular cartilage to levels present in aged human cartilage modulates the tensile biomechanical properties of the tissue. Methods. Adult bovine articular cartilage samples were incubated in a buffer solution with ribose to induce the formation of AGEs...article 2002
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TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author), Tolboom, T.C.A. (author), Pieterman, E. (author), van der Laan, W.H. (author), Toes, R.E.M. (author), Huidekoper, A.L. (author), Nelissen, R.G.H.H. (author), Breedveld, F.C. (author), Huizinga, T.W.J. (author)Background: Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) have a pivotal role in the destruction of cartilage in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), which is mediated by the fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS). Objective: To examine the in vitro invasiveness of synoviocytes obtained from inflamed joints of patients with arthritis in relation to the expression of MMP 1...article 2002
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Verzijl, N. (author), de Groot, J. (author), Bank, R.A. (author), Bayliss, M.T. (author), Bijlsma, J.W.J. (author), Lafeber, F.P.J.G. (author), Maroudas, A. (author), TeKoppele, J.M. (author), Gaubius Instituut (author)During aging, non-enzymatic glycation results in the formation and accumulation of the advanced glycation endproduct pentosidine in long-lived proteins, such as articular cartilage collagen. In the present study, we investigated whether pentosidine accumulation also occurs in cartilage aggrecan. Furthermore, pentosidine levels in aggrecan...article 2001
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de Groot, J. (author), Verzijl, N. (author), Wenting-Van Wijk, M.J.G. (author), Bank, R.A. (author), Lafeber, F.P.J.G. (author), Bijlsma, J.W.J. (author), Tekoppele, J.M. (author), Gaubius Instituut (author)Objective. Progressive destruction of articular cartilage is a hallmark of osteoarthritis (OA) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Age-related changes in cartilage may influence tissue destruction and thus progression of the disease. Therefore, the effect of age-related accumulation of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) on cartilage...article 2001
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Ronday, H.K. (author), van der Laan, W.H. (author), Tak, P.P. (author), de Roos, J.A.D.M. (author), Bank, R.A. (author), Tekoppele, J.M. (author), Froelich, C.J. (author), Hack, C.E. (author), Hogendoorn, P.C.W. (author), Breedveld, F.C. (author), Verheijen, J.H. (author), Gaubius Instituut (author)Objective. To investigate the cartilage-degrading capacity of granzyme B and the presence of granzyme B-positive cells at sites of erosion in the rheumatoid synovium. Methods. Granzyme B was added to [3H]proline/[35S]sulphate-labelled cartilage matrices and to cartilage explants. Proteoglycan degradation was assessed by the release of 35S and...article 2001
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de Groot, J. (author), Verzijl, N. (author), Budde, M. (author), Bijlsma, J.W.J. (author), Lafeber, F.P.J.G. (author), TeKoppele, J.M. (author), Gaubius Instituut (author)The integrity of the collagen network is essential for articular cartilage to fulfill its function in load support and distribution. Damage to the collagen network is one of the first characteristics of osteoarthritis. Since extensive collagen damage is considered irreversible, it is crucial that chondrocytes maintain a functional collagen...article 2001
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Brama, P.A.J. (author), Tekoppele, J.M. (author), Bank, R.A. (author), Karssenberg, D. (author), Barneveld, A. (author), van Weeren, P.R. (author)The aim of this study was to evaluate topographical differences in the biochemical composition of the extracellular matrix of articular cartilage of the normal equine fetlock joint. Water content, DNA content, glycosaminoglycan (GAG) content and a number of characteristics of the collagen network (total collagen content, levels of hydroxylysine-...article 2000