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Schematic diagram of therapeutic effect of SMILE on OA through the regulation of AMPK and cytokine production. SMILE overexpression leads to an increase in AMPK and a decrease in STAT3 in joint tissue, in addition to changing the proportion of immune cell subsets. SMILE overexpression also suppresses both the expression of OA-catabolic factors and inflammatory cytokine production
