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33. Characterization of a biomaterial with cartilage-like properties expressing type X collagen generated in vitrousing neonatal porcine articular and growth plate chondrocytes

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Estrada, L.E., Dodge, G.R., Richardson, D.W., Farole, A., and Jimenez, S.A.

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ObjectiveThe availability of cartilage with or without the potential to ossify and suitable for surgical restoration and resurfacing of joints is an important clinical problem in arthritis-related pathology, trauma and reconstructive surgery. Here, we designed experiments to generate a biomaterial with cartilage-like properties by culturing neonatal porcine articular and growth plate chondrocytes on a hydrogel substrate and to examine the biochemical and histological characteristics of the resulting tissue.

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2001
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34. Cartilage-reactive T cells in rheumatoid synovium

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Fang, Q., Sun, Y-Y., Cai, W., Dodge, G.R., Lotke, P.A., and Williams, W.V.

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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an inflammatory polyarthritis genetically linked to HLA-DR4 and related haplotypes. RA synovial tissue is characterized by T cell infiltration and activation of macrophage-like cells, strongly implicating a T cell-antigen-presenting cell (APC) interaction in RA pathogenesis. To investigate the nature of the antigens driving the T cell response, synovial tissue was obtained from a patient with chronic RA and T cells were enriched. These T cells were stimulated by endogenous APC from the same synovial tissue. The T cell lines were subsequently evaluated for responsiveness to autologous APC and cartilage antigens. Specific proliferative responses to autologous APC which were enhanced by cartilage extract were seen. Immunomagnetic bead selection and RT-PCR was used to identify TCR αβ pairs which appeared to respond to antigen(s) in the cartilage extract. T cell clones derived from the same joint were shown to release IL-2 in response to the cartilage extract and expressed a related TCR. With these experiments we have shown direct evidence that autoreactive T cells are found within the inflamed rheumatoid synovium and, further, that the antigens driving these T cells are cartilage derived. Since the antigens recognized by these populations of T cells are found within cartilage our data provides evidence that RA pathology could be related to a self-driven autoimmune response to cartilage proteins.

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2000

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