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The Role of Adenosine Receptor Activation in Attenuating Cartilaginous Inflammation

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Adenosine receptor activation has been explored as a modulator of the inflammatory process that propagates osteoarthritis. It has been reported that cartilage has enhanced regenerative potential when influenced by adenosine receptor activation. As adenosine’s role in maintaining chondrocyte homeostasis at the cellular and molecular levels is explored, successful in vivo applications of adenosine delivery for cartilage repair continue to be reported. This review summarizes the role adenosine receptor ligation plays in chondrocyte homeostasis and regeneration of articular cartilage damaged in osteoarthritis. It also reports on all the modalities reported for delivery of adenosine through in vivo applications.

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    1. New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, MSB 521, New York, NY, 10016, USA

      Jonathan M. Bekisz & Bruce N. Cronstein

    2. Hansjörg Wyss Department of Plastic Surgery at New York University School of Medicine, 307 East 33rd Street, New York, NY, 10016, USA

      Jonathan M. Bekisz, Paulo G. Coelho & Roberto L. Flores

    3. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1468 Madison Avenue, New York, NY, 10029, USA

      Christopher D. Lopez

    4. Division of Translational Medicine at New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, USA

      Christopher D. Lopez, Carmen Corciulo, Aranzazu Mediero & Bruce N. Cronstein

    5. Department of Biomaterials and Biomimetics at New York University College of Dentistry, 433 First Avenue, New York, NY, 10010, USA

      Christopher D. Lopez, Paulo G. Coelho & Lukasz Witek

    6. Bone and Joint Research Unit, IIS-Fundación Jiménez Díaz UAM, Madrid, Spain

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    Bekisz, J.M., Lopez, C.D., Corciulo, C. et al. The Role of Adenosine Receptor Activation in Attenuating Cartilaginous Inflammation. Inflammation 41, 1135–1141 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10753-018-0781-z

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