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Graphic representation of the role of obesity: On oxidative stress leading to cytokine and chemokine autocrine production in OA. In this figure, it is possible to appreciate that the relation between obesity and OA is more than biomechanical stress where an increase in lipid composition in the cartilage induces the formation of pro-inflammatory mediators, ROS and RNS leading to cartilage damage
