Table 2.
In vitro human studies included.
| Reference | Author | Subjects | Pathway involved | Results |
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| [5] | J. Wu et al. (2017) | Human chondrocytes from OA (n=57) and healthy subjects (n=6) knees | SOST/Wnt | SOST may not have beneficial effects on chondrocytes affected by OA |
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| [9] | F. Dell'Accio et al. (2008) | human articular chondrocytes (explants 24 hours after mechanical injury) from 8 patients | Wnt family | A systematic analysis of the Wnt signalling pathway revealed up-regulation of Wnt-16, down-regulation of FRZB, up-regulation of Wnt target genes, and nuclear localization of beta-catenin in injured cartilage |
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| [13] | S.-G. Gao et al. (2016) | 40 patients with various stages of primary OA cartilage and subchondral bone from tibial plateau | WIF-1 | Patients with disease had significantly decreased WIF-1 levels. Thus, WIF-1 levels were negatively correlated with the severity of the disease |