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Soluble macrophage biomarkers indicate inflammatory phenotypes in patients with knee osteoarthritis.
Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) - 1 Apr 2015
Daghestani Hikmat N, Pieper Carl F, Kraus Virginia B
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the ability of the macrophage markers CD163 and CD14 to predict different osteoarthritis (OA) phenotypes defined by severity of joint inflammation, radiographic features and progression, and joint pain. METHODS: We evaluated 2 different cohorts totaling 184 patients with radiographic knee OA. These included 25 patients from a cross-sectional imaging study for whom there were data on...
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